Patients with cardiovascular diseases and depressive symptoms Mental and Behavioural Disorders Depressive episode
Conditions
Interventions
Comparing a web-based intervention with a waitlist-control condition
The intervention is a web-based psychological treatment called deprexis evaluated in previous trials. Deprexis was developed to r
Sponsors
University of Bern (Switzerland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults who suffer from any cardiovascular disorder (including coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, and arrhythmias) 2. Written informed consent 3. Are 18 years or older 4. Have symptoms of depression (as defined by scoring above a cut-off of 9 on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) 5. Are of sufficient knowledge of German language 6. Have access to the Internet
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Any acute health threatening disease (e.g. cancer) 2. Any severe psychiatric illness (e.g. psychosis, dementia) 3. Suicidal thoughts or suicidal plans, or 4. A unstable heart condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression levels by BDI-II (Hautzinger et al., 2006), and clinical depression by the Patient Health Questionnaire (Gräfe et al., 2004) and by a clinical interview according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Diagnosis SCID (APA, 2000). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Stress perception by Perceived Stress Questionnaire PSQ (Fliege et al., 2005) 2. Social support by the ENRICHD Social Support Inventory ESSI (Cordes et al., 2009) 3. Quality of life by the WHOQOL-BREF (Angermayer et al., 2000) 4. Health behavior# 5. Client satisfaction by the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire CSQ (Schmidt & Wittmann, 2002) | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed