How to Cope With Anxiety and Depression. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

N/ACompletedNCT01989247

University of Aarhus853 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether citizens experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression will benefit from a self-management training program with respect to: 1) Self-efficacy, and 2) Symptoms of anxiety and depression, and 3) Self reported measures of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)

* The intervention is a Danish adaption of The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program developed by The Stanford Patient Education Research Center, The Expert Patient Program Community Interest Company (EPPCIC), and The English National Health Service (NHS). * The Danish adaptation has been performed by The Danish Committee for Health Education.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

853

Conditions

Depression Anxiety Self Efficacy

Interventions

Self-management programmeBEHAVIORAL

Seven weekly group-based sessions for people with anxiety and depressive symptoms

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * \>= 18 years of age * Suffering from anxiety and/or depressive symptoms * Voluntary participation Exclusion Criteria: * Potential suicidal behavior * Potential aggressive behavior * Significant cognitive impairment

Locations (37)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Depressive Symptoms (Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II))

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

State Anxiety (Spielbergers State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI))

Only the State-anxiety subscale of the STAI is used

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Self-efficacy (Chronic Disease Self-efficacy Scales - SECD-32 (Stanford Patient Education Research Center))

Only the following subscale is used: "Obtain help from Community, Family, Friends Scale"

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Self-efficacy ("Personal control" from "The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire" (IPQ-R))

Only the following subscale from the IPQ-R is used: "Personal Control"

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Sleep Quality (The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index)

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Exercise Behaviors (Stanford Patient Education Research Center)

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Health related symptoms

Self related overall health: Stanford Patient Education Research Center (1 item). Fatigue: Visual Analogue Scale. Stanford Patient Education Research Center (1 Item). Pain: Visual Analogue Scale. Stanford Patient Education Research Center (1 item).

Time frame: Change from 1) Pre-randomization, to 2) Three months post-intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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