Randomised trial of gratitude diaries for depressed patients using office based internet software.

In primary care patients who are depressed with a PHQ score >9 does giving a gratitude diary in addition to an information sheet on depression result in lower PHQ scores after 4 months

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000299909

Enrollment

196

Registered

2011-03-21

Start date

2010-10-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

The intervention group will be given a gratitude diary and an information sheet about depression. A gratitude diary is a book in which one is instructed to write down three things each day that they are grateful for and what they have done to cause that. This is done for one week then just once per week thereafter. The underlying theory is that it changes an individuals focus from what is not working to what is working. The duration of the study is four months

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Uncomplicated depression

Exclusion criteria

personality disorder bipolar disorder significant alcohol and drug condition dementia terminal illness

Outcome results