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Tackling anxiety and depression in students with a working memory treatment

Tackling anxiety and depression in students with a working memory treatment - Tackling anxiety and depression in students

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON38546
Enrollment
189
Registered
2013-06-17
Start date
2013-06-25
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-29

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Conditions

depressieve stoornis Major depressive disorder and anxious/stressed

Interventions

The students execute a 25-minutes working memory training in the lab of the Erasmus University Rotterdam during 3 weeks, 3 times a week. Student assistants answer questions of the students and conta
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Sponsors

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria anxiety group: 80 and higher on the STAI ;Inclusion criteria depression group: 10 and higher on the BDI;Inclusion criteria of the healthy group: ;40 to 50 on the STAI and a score of 0-5 on the BDI ;Subjects are instructed to sleep enough (7+ hours) the night before the experiment and not to drink alcohol or caffeine before the experiment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Neurological disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Scores on the questionnaires BDI and STAI

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Scores on the questionnaire: RRS - Scores on de working memory task: Span Board taak - Course of the pupil dilation, measured with the eyetracker

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)