Prevention of anxiety and depression in the elderly.

A study to test the feasibility and effects of a generic stepped care approach for community elderly with symptoms of subtreshold anxiety and/or depression.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23642

Enrollment

170

Registered

2005-09-22

Start date

2004-09-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Stepped care for anxiety and depression, usual care

Interventions

Stepped care programme: 1. Symptom monitoring every three months (CES-D)

2. Leaflet and selfhelp book coached by homecare nurse

3. Problem solving treatment by community psychiatric nurses (CPN)

4. Suggestion to discuss medication with general practitioner (GP).

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Persons 75 years of age and over living in the community Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) score of 16 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Meeting criteria for major depression and/or clinical anxiety. Insufficient mastery of the Dutch language. Unwilling or unable to give informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of clinical anxiety and/or major depression in two years (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, MINI).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Reduction of self-reported anxiety and/or depressive symptoms as measured with the CES-D, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS-A); 2. Improvement of quality of life (SF-36) Mortality.	—

Contacts

Public ContactP.J. Veer-Tazelaar, van 't

VU University Medical Center, EMGO-Institute, Van der Boechorststraat 7

pj.vantveer@vumc.nl+31 (0)20 4449811

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)