Depression
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Electroacupuncture
Sponsors
Guangdong Province Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants who meet the diagnostic criteria of Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition according to DSM – 5 from the American psychiatric association,and the level of depression conforms to moderate to mild depression (F32.0) or moderate depression (F32.1) according to the International Classification of Diseases Coding Table (ICD-10) or whose HAMD-17 score 8-22; 2. Participants was diagnosed with a first appearance depressive disorder; 3. Participants who have not received hormone replacement therapy or anti-depression medication within 3 months; 4. Participants aged 18 to 40 years; 5. Willingness to participate in the trial and having provided written consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Item 4 or 5 of Beck Suicide Ideation Scale (SSI) is not answered "No"; 2. The depression factors in SCL-90 score failed to exclude the suicidal tendency (>26); 3. Participants had participated in other clinical trials within 4 weeks before the start of this study; 4. Participants who had severe diseases of other systems require treatment; 5. Participants had brain diseases and judgment ability was abnormal (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale<90); 6. Desiring to conceive,pregnant or lactating women; 7. Participants who had been taking anti-depression and anti-anxiety medication for 2 weeks before the trial; 8. Participant who install a pacemaker or an artificial joint.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| HAMD-17; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Electroencephalogram; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWu Qian
Guangdong Province Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital
Outcome results
None listed