Problem solving in people with diabetes and depressive symptoms

In people with diabetes and depressive symptoms is problem solving therapy plus self help and a letter to the GP better than self help and a letter to the GP alone in reducing depressive symptoms and improving diabetes management after 6 months.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000255381

Acronym

PSAD (Problem solving and diabetes)

Enrollment

126

Registered

2008-05-20

Start date

2008-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The primary purpose of the study is to see if a brief psychological intervention plus self help and a letter to the GP is better than self help and a GP letter alone in the management of people with diabetes and depressive symptoms. The self help material consists of leaflets and a web site. The letter to the GP tells the GP that the person with diabetes has depressive symptoms and provides some information about treatment options. Participants will be followed up for six months.

Interventions

Problem solving therapy - 6 to 8 sessions of problem solving therapy plus self help materials and a letter to the GP. Problem solving therapy will be 60 minute sessions once a week for 6 to 8 weeks. (See www.problemsolvingtherapy.ac.nz for more details of the problem solving therapy).

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Consecutive patients attending the diabetic clinics at Waitemata DHB, Auckland will be screened with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [12]. This is a self rating scale that is designed to assess the severity of anxiety or depressive symptoms in medical out patients. Patients scoring 11 or over on the depressive sub scale or with a total score over 20 will be invited to take part in the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Cognitive impairment 2. Currently psychotic

Outcome results