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Effects of a video viewing intervention with positive-word stimulation on depressive symptoms in elderly cardiovascular patients with subthreshold depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Effects of a video viewing intervention with positive-word stimulation on depressive symptoms in elderly cardiovascular patients with subthreshold depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial - Effects of a video viewing intervention with positive-word stimulation on depressive symptoms in elderly cardiovascular patients with subthreshold depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000052155
Enrollment
30
Registered
2023-10-01
Start date
2023-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular disease patients with subthreshold depression

Interventions

In addition to general rehabilitation (muscle strengthening exercises, exercise therapy, daily living exercises, daily living guidance, etc.) in the acute care unit, the intervention group will access

Sponsors

Gunma University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The selection criteria were as follows: patients 65 years of age or older admitted to the acute care ward of with cardiac disease (myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, angina pectoris, heart failure, valvular heart disease, atrial or ventricular arrhythmia), with a total score of at least 10 points on the Japanese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition, and had a total score of at least 10 points on the Japanese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition and a New York Heart Association cardiac function classification of degree I to III. The subjects had sufficient cognitive ability to understand the content and purpose of the study and to provide written consent prior to participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were those who had been diagnosed with a mental disorder at least once in their lifetime regardless of the type of disorder, those who were currently receiving professional treatment for mental health problems, those with visual or hearing impairments that interfere with daily living, those who were assessed by M.I.N.I. to have had a major depressive episode in the past two weeks, and those with life The exclusion criteria were: those with serious life-threatening complications.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome is the change in scores on the Japanese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition one week after the baseline assessment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are change in the minimum amount of exercise at which heart failure symptoms appear on the Specific Activity Scale, New York Heart Association functional class, and change in handgrip strength one week after the baseline assessment.

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMasataka Sakimoto

Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences

h231c010@gunma-u.ac.jp027-220-8952

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026