Effectiveness of a mindful depression treatment of acute depression in a day clinic setting

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00006314

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-23

Start date

2014-04-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F32.1 F32.2 F33.1 F33.2

Interventions

Group 1: Mindful depression treatment in a day hospital (MDT-DH). MDT-DH follows a structured and intense eight-week treatment concept in which the cultivation of a mindful mindset (i.e. practicing to

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 67 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnostic eligibility for the study was determined with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV for depression (SCID; First et al. 1997; German version: Wittchen et al. 1997). Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of a current moderate or severe depressive episode.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria included history of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, personality disorder, organic mental disorder, eating disorder, and current substance abuse. Furthermore, we excluded patients with long-term unemployment as the treatment concept has a clear focus on actual work-related conflicts and behavior.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depression symptoms (Becks Depression Inventory, BDI-II): The Depression symptoms were determined during the study at a four-week interval - at the beginning of the study, at the middle of the study, and at the end of the study, as well as at follow-up, eight months after the end of the study.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Work ability (Work Ability Index, WAI), measure of coping capacity questionnaire (MECCA; German questionnaire: Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster; AVEM), therapy process (German questionnaire: Fragebogen zu Evaluation von Psychotherapieverläufen, FEP), mindfulness (Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills, KIMS), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale, SCS), semantic and visual coherent Intuition (Bowers et al., 1990), implicit mood (Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test , IPANAT), explicit mood (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, PANAS), implicit self-esteem (Nuttin, 1985), explicit self-esteem (Rosenberg Scale; Rosenberg, 1965): The work ability, mindfulness, and work-related coping capacities were determined at the beginning and at the end of the study, as well as at follow-up, eight months after end of treatment. The therapy process and self-compassion were determined every two weeks from the beginning of the study. Self-compassion was additionally determined at follow-up. The semantic and visual coherence tasks, as well as mood and self-esteem measurements, were determined at the beginning, the middle of the study, and at the end of the study.	—

Measure

Time frame

Work ability (Work Ability Index, WAI), measure of coping capacity questionnaire (MECCA; German questionnaire: Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster; AVEM), therapy process (German questionnaire: Fragebogen zu Evaluation von Psychotherapieverläufen, FEP), mindfulness (Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills, KIMS), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale, SCS), semantic and visual coherent Intuition (Bowers et al., 1990), implicit mood (Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test , IPANAT), explicit mood (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, PANAS), implicit self-esteem (Nuttin, 1985), explicit self-esteem (Rosenberg Scale; Rosenberg, 1965): The work ability, mindfulness, and work-related coping capacities were determined at the beginning and at the end of the study, as well as at follow-up, eight months after end of treatment. The therapy process and self-compassion were determined every two weeks from the beginning of the study. Self-compassion was additionally determined at follow-up. The semantic and visual coherence tasks, as well as mood and self-esteem measurements, were determined at the beginning, the middle of the study, and at the end of the study.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAlice Buxton

Asklepios Klinikum Harburg, Zentrum für Seelische Gesundheit

a.buxton@asklepios.com+49 40 1818852810

Outcome results

None listed

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