Depression
Conditions
Keywords
adults, Depression, Integrative medical care, quasi-experimental design
Brief summary
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrative medical care works to treat depression in adults and compare it to usual medical care. The main question it aims to answer is to find out whether integrative medical care is equal or better to usual medical care in treating depressed adults over one year. Participants attended five data collection visits which occurred at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. At each visit, they completed questionnaires and had a small blood sample drawn. They were also asked to keep a diary of their symptoms and what they did between visits. They brought a calendar summary with a saliva sample at visits 2 to 5.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTCounselling, behavioural, nutrition
integrative medical care delivered by one physician and referral to other health professionals as appropriate
Sponsors
University of Saskatchewan
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Longitudinal over 1 year
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* experiencing depressive symptoms as defined by a Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale score of 16 or higher as categorized by Lewinsohn et al. * willing to commit to five study visits over one year.
Exclusion criteria
* substance abuse * pregnancy * non-depression neurological problems.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in depression | one year | as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test. It has a continuous range of whole number scores from 0-63 that correspond to four categories of depression: minimal (0-13), mild (14-19), moderate (20-28) and severe (29-63) |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed