ROM-GPS: Routine Outcome Monitoring for Geriatric Psychiatry & Sciences; a cohort study of older patients with depressive, anxiety or somatic symptom disorders referred for specialised mental health care

ROM-GPS: Routine Outcome Monitoring for Geriatric Psychiatry & Sciences; a cohort study of older patients with affective disorders referred for specialised mental health care

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON28089

Enrollment

600

Registered

2017-12-05

Start date

2015-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Depressive disorders (i.e. major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, minor depressive disorder), anxiety disorders (i.e. panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder), and somatic symptom disorders (i.e. somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder) Keywords: depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, somatic symptom disorders, geriatric mental health care, cohort study, routine outcome monitoring Trefwoorden: stemmingsstoornissen, a

Interventions

Routinely provided treatments in outpatient geriatric mental health care are registered

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are 1) 60 years or older, 2) referred to one the participating outpatient clinics for specialised mental health care, 3) presence of an affective disorder confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus (MINI-Plus), and 4) given informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are 1) an established diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disorder or less than 18 points on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, 2) a (history of a) bipolar or psychotic disorder, 3) a severe substance-use disorder in need of specialised treatment, 4) physically or mentally too handicapped to administer self-report questionnaires or perform cognitive testing, or 5) insufficient mastery of the Dutch language.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is remission of the index affective disorder at one-year follow-up or end of treatment (if earlier)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes include the course of symptom severity of the index disorder and of functional limitations	—

Contacts

Public ContactRob Brink, van den

Rob Giel Research Center for Mental Health Services Research Department of Psychiatry University Medical Center Groningen P.O. Box 30.001

r.h.s.van.den.brink@med.umcg.nl+31 50 3612089

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)