Effectiveness of a self-help manual positively evaluated for the treatment of depression, while waiting on an outpatient therapy course

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009896

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-02-10

Start date

2016-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F32 F33

Interventions

Group 1: self-help group: Participants receive the German version of the self-help manual "Feeling Good" at baseline, and are asked to use it in the next 6 weeks, while they are on a waiting list for

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with the primary diagnosis of a major depressive episode who ask for individual psychotherapy treating depression at the Cologne university psychotherapy outpatient treatment center.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Comorbid addictive disorder, acute suicidality

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The simplified Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-V ), Diagnostic status according to SKID I Interview (Baseline and after 6 weeks)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Self-assessment tools: questionnaires on resources and depressive symptoms: The dysfunctional attitude scale (DAS), the questionnaire on life satisfaction (FLZ), the questionnaire for the assessment of resources and self- management skills (FERUS), the self-control inventory (SSI -K) Foreign assessment instrument: The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) (each Baseline and after 6 weeks)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLynn Kummerfeldt

Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie Universität zu Köln

lynn.kummerfeldt@uni-koeln.de0221-470-6873

Outcome results

None listed

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