None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Peak onset for depression occurs during adolescence and young adulthood, with one in five young people experiencing a clinical depressive episode by the age of 18. Both objective and subjective cognitive difficulties such as poor concentration and memory are features of depression in young people. Cognitive difficulties in depression contribute to everyday functioning difficulties. Managing cognitive issues is therefore an important part of treatment. One potentially useful method of providing information on, and strategies for management of cognitive difficulties, is through fact sheet provision during routine clinical care. Nevertheless, it is currently unclear whether fact sheets are an acceptable and safe method of providing information about cognition to young people with depression, or whether this has the potential to be useful for increasing awareness and self-management strategies. The aim of this study is to investigate the acceptability, safety and potential effectiveness of a cognition fact sheet for young people receiving treatment for depression. If found to be acceptable, safe and potentially useful, the utility of a fact sheet could be further explored in a larger trial with a controlled comparison group.
Interventions
This is a pilot study examining the acceptability and safety of a fact sheet about cognitive symptoms for young people (15-25 years) with depression. All participants will be recruited from a single specialist treatment clinic for young people with a major depressive disorder. Consenting participants will be seen for an initial (baseline) assessment and then given access to the cognition fact sheet (intervention) by their case manager at the mood clinic. Case managers will guide the young person
This is a pilot study examining the acceptability and safety of a fact sheet about cognitive symptoms for young people (15-25 years) with depression. All participants will be recruited from a single specialist treatment clinic for young people with a major depressive disorder. Consenting participants will be seen for an initial (baseline) assessment and then given access to the cognition fact sheet (intervention) by their case manager at the mood clinic. Case managers will guide the young person through the fact sheet. It will be delivered in a one-to-one format. The fact sheet is a 2-sided A4 page, with information about cognitive functioning difficulties observed in depression, how they affect functioning and factors that can affect cognition. The flip-side of the fact sheet contains tips and strategies for managing cognitive difficulties, including attention, learning and memory, planning and organisation and completing complex tasks. Participants will be invited to attend second (follow-up) assessment approximately 2 weeks after first receiving the fact sheet. Each baseline and follow-up assessment will be approximately 40 minutes duration.
Sponsors
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Heath
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 15-25 years old inclusive. - Receiving treatment in the Orygen Youth Mood Clinic. - Diagnosis of a major depressive disorder according to DSM-V (current or past).
Exclusion criteria
- Cannot read or speak English fluently. - Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
Outcome results
None listed