depression mood disorder
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible patients are 60 years or older with MDD who attend old-age psychiatry outpatient care of GGNet or ProPersona as secondary treatment centers, and the outpatient clinic for the elderly of the Department of Psychiatry of the Radboudumc. All patients receive standard treatment for the primary diagnosis of MDD according to the multidisciplinary Dutch guideline for depression (addendum elderly).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Psychotic symptoms or diagnoses, (hypo)mania, bipolar disorder, primary diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence or alcohol abuse or dependence, as well as severe neurocognitive disorders, severe visual disabilities that interfere with the computer task, acute suicidal risk will serve as exclusion criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Investigate whether the training could change patients* depressive symptoms into a positive direction. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rumination (state en trait) Working memory Cognitive functioning Cognitive coping strategy Emotional executive functioning and inhibition Cost-effectiveness Budget-impact analysis Implementation study | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed