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Dynamics of patient expectations in the context of antidepressant treatment

Dynamics of patient expectations in the context of antidepressant treatment

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00034075
Enrollment
113
Registered
2024-04-15
Start date
2023-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

F32

Interventions

Group 1: Eight-week multicenter Ecological Momentary Assessment study (questionnaires via cell phone) with daily survey (5 working days + 1 x weekend) via study app m-path in patients undergoing psych

Sponsors

HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 150 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: At least moderate depressive episode (clinical diagnosis according to ICD-10); depressiveness measured with the PHQ-8 = 10, age >=18 years, very good knowledge of German; patients for whom new antidepressants are prescribed at the start of treatment, or the antidepressant medication is changed (dose, preparation).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Excluded from the study are patients who are being treated with a placement request, patients on protected wards, patients with acute psychotic symptoms (delusional symptoms or hallucinations described in the AMDP findings), a currently existing addiction disorder, persons who were admitted to the hospital during their stay: patients with acute psychotic symptoms (delusional symptoms or hallucinations described in the AMDP findings), a current addiction disorder, persons who are prescribed benzodiazepines during their inpatient stay (except for medication on demand); no cognitive-mnestic deficits relevant to everyday life, in particular no cognitive deficits that make it impossible for patients to complete the questionnaires independently.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Change in expectations, measured with the Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (Alberts et al., 2020) - Change in depressive symptoms measured with the PHQ-8 (Kroenke et al., 2009) - Change in side effects of medication with the Generic Assessment of Side Effects Scale (GASE; Rief et al., 2011)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Practitioner-patient relationship; shared decision making

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJohannes Laferton

HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam

johannes.laferton@hmu-potsdam.de+49 331 745113 203

Outcome results

None listed

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