View clinical trials related to Depression Symptoms.
Filter by:Depression is characterized by behavioral, cognitive and emotional changes. Depression can have a negative impact on decreasing quality of life because in many cases it occurs long-term. Chronic pain is often accompanied by various mental disorders, of which depression is the most common accompanying mental disorder. Chronic pain and depression themselves influence each other and are closely related, with globally around 30% to 45% of patients with chronic pain present with depression, and around 52% to 65% patients with depression suffer from chronic pain. There are various therapeutic options for treating depression that aim to shorten depressive episodes and relieve symptoms. Multimodal therapy is needed in treating depression with chronic pain because there are biopsychosocial aspects involved. Pharmacological therapy has long-term side effects and the risk of drug dependence. Apart from that, depression patients with chronic pain, often receive pharmacological therapy such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opioids where the side effects and risk of drug dependence are higher. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a therapeutic modality that is relatively safe and effective in treating depression in chronic pain. In various studies it has been proven that acupuncture is an efficient and safe therapy for chronic pain patients with depression. Auricular acupuncture using pr ess needles has minimal pain and can be applied longer on acupuncture points. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the auricular needle press on Patient with Depression Symptoms in Chronic Pain. This study was a double-blinded randomized clinical trial and was carried out on outpatients at Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital Jakarta and Soerojo Hospital Magelang. There's also a collaborative study between the medical acupuncture department and the psychiatry department. This study includes 60 participants who will be randomly allocated into 2 groups, the press needle and sham press needle groups. The press needles will be placed at 6 auricular points bilaterally : MA-TF1 Shenmen, MA-IC7 Heart, and MA-IT1 Cingulate gyrus. The outcomes that will be assessed in this study are Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score and Heart Rate Variability (HRV).
The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences in treatment outcomes between individually tailored and transdiagnostic internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT), as well as the differences between weekly support by a specific therapist and weekly support by a team. The target group is adults (18 years or older) who experience mild to moderate depression symptoms, anxiety, stress or other psychological symptoms. The ICBT, in both types of treatment contents, consists of modules that the participants will work with for eight weeks in total. Participants will be recruited in Sweden with nationwide recruitment.
This study aim to investigate the effects of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) addressing psychological symptoms related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences that remain after societal opening. The target group is adults (18 years or older) who still experience psychological symptoms related to the pandemic and the ICBT consists of eight modules during eight week with weekly support by a therapist. ICBT will be compared to a wait-list control condition. Participants will be recruited in Sweden with nationwide recruitment.
In recent years, the number of people with symptoms of depression or anxiety are on the rise. The aims of the prospective randomized study are: (1) to examine the effects of Baduanjin breathing training on reducing symptoms of depression or anxiety, and (2) to explore the correlates between improvements of depression or anxiety symptom and changes of lung functions.
This study evaluates the effects of mindfulness on physiological stress mechanisms implicated in externalizing behaviors and symptoms of affective and traumatic stress among urban adolescents. Program effects on stress physiology will be evaluated using pre- and post-tests of heart rate variability (HRV) during a stress task. Emotional and behavioral outcomes will be measured using student and teacher ratings.
Demonstrate that the IPREA3 program (Study: Impact of Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Perceived Discomforts of the patients in intensive care) reducing discomforts perceived by the patients of intensive care, implemented at the level of the whole intensive care unit, reduce the incidence of the depressive symptoms one year after intensive care exit.