Evaluation of the publicity campaign "Freiburg alliance against Depression" - follow up

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00004667

Enrollment

2200

Registered

2013-01-29

Start date

2013-01-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F32 F33 F34.1

Interventions

Group 1: Freiburg - Awarness Campaign "Freiburg Alliance Against Depression": A random sample of 1.100 inhabitants will be provided form the inhabitant registration office in Freiburg. Postal question

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inhabitants of Freiburg and Karlsruhe older than 18 and younger than 65 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Due to the type of data gathering (pen and paper questionnaires) illiterates or persons with insufficient knowledge of the German language will probably not take part in the study. To ensure the comparability to the previous study persons younger than 18 and older than 65 will be excluded. The exclusion of all persons younger than 18 years ensures the capability for giving informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
attendance for health care utilisation regarding depressive disorders; Measure: Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS);Mackenzie CS, Knox VJ, Gekoski WL, Macaulay HL. An Adaptation and Extension of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale1. Journal of Applied So-cial Psychology. 2004;34(11):2410–33.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge about depressive disorders; measure: Depression Literacy Scale (D-Lit) / Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive–behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to de-pression. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;185(4):342 –349. / Attitudes and stigmatization; measures: Social Distance Scale (SD); Depression Stigma Scale (DSS); Emotional Reaction - ER Attribution Questionnaire - AQ; / Link BG, Phelan JC, Bresnahan M, Stueve A, Pescosolido BA. Public conceptions of men-tal illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance. Am J Public Health. 1999 Sep;89(9):1328–33. / Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive–behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to de-pression. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;185(4):342 –349. / Angermeyer MC, Matschinger H. The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2003;108(4):304–9.	—

Measure

Time frame

Knowledge about depressive disorders; measure: Depression Literacy Scale (D-Lit) / Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive–behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to de-pression. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;185(4):342 –349. / Attitudes and stigmatization; measures: Social Distance Scale (SD); Depression Stigma Scale (DSS); Emotional Reaction - ER Attribution Questionnaire - AQ; / Link BG, Phelan JC, Bresnahan M, Stueve A, Pescosolido BA. Public conceptions of men-tal illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance. Am J Public Health. 1999 Sep;89(9):1328–33. / Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive–behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to de-pression. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2004;185(4):342 –349. / Angermeyer MC, Matschinger H. The stigma of mental illness: effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2003;108(4):304–9.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLars P. Hölzel

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie AG Klinische Epidemiologie und Versorgungsforschung

lars.hoelzel@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 270-69840

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026