affective disorder depression
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Delta Psychiatrisch Centrum (Portugaal)
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: chapter 4.2 protocol Inclusion criteria patients: • age >=60 • patients with a chronic depression, depression partly in remission or dysthyme, according to DSM-IV criteria, receiving treatment • affective disorder must exist over at least 6 months (psychofarmacological treatment is allowed, but the name and dosis of the drug must be known) • Scores on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) between 11 en 19 (mild depressive symptoms) • Scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) equal or higher than 25 • Scores on the Visuele Associatie Test (VAT) higher than percentile 10;chapter 4.4 inclusion criteria healthy elderly: • age >= 60 • no psychiatric problems in history nor current • GDS= 25 • VAT> percentile 10
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: chapter 4.3 exclusion criteria patients: • Patients who might have dementia or delirium and patients with MMSE-scores lower than 25 at the start of the research • GDS19 (severe depressive symptoms) • Severe behavioral problems, psychiatric or cognitive problems (for example CVA, but also other DSM-IV diagnoses or personality disorders), which cause that the patient cannot be instructed or cause that the patient is not suitable for a testsession • Extreme and invalidating fysical or conditional problems • Patients who cannot travel to the testlocation in Poortugaal • VAT=11 • Having psychiatric problems currently or in history • Severe behavioral problems, psychiatric or cognitive problems (for example CVA, but also other DSM-IV diagnoses or personality disorders), which cause that the elderly cannot be instructed or cause that the elderly is not suitable for a testsession • Extreme and invalidating fysical or conditional problems • cannot travel to the testlocation (in Poortugaal or elsewhere in the Netherlands) • VAT
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary research variables are the differences in testresults on the memorytasks between the both groups. It is expected that the elderly with an affective disorder wil get the lower scores on these tasks compared with the healthy group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secundary research variables are the differences in types of memory strategies and the differences in the amount of complaints between both groups. It is expected that the elderly with an affective disorder wil use less efficiënt memory strategies, measured by the questionnaire on memory strategy use in daily life and reported in the interview. Also it is expected that they will report more complaints on the questionnaire on cognitive complaints. Furthermore, it is expected that elderly with a lot of cognitive complaints are using less effective memory strategies. This will be found in lower scores on the memorytasks for the elderly who have high scores on the complaint questionnaire. And it is expected that elderly who score high on the complaints will report that they use less memory strategies in daily life (on the questionnaire). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed