Emotional Fluctuations in the Flow of Daily Life. Ecological Analysis of Depressive Symptoms in the General Population.

Depression Clinical Trial

— FEDD  

Official title:

Emotional Fluctuations in the Flow of Daily Life. Ecological Analysis of Depressive Symptoms in the General Population (FEDD).

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03360773
• Other study ID #: PI16/00177
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 10, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 28, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to analyze both depressive symptomatology and psychological well-being fluctuation in a day-to-day basis in the general population, in order to identify contextual determinants of the mood and well-being changes

Description:

Introduction: The Experience Sampling Method is a research tool to study what people do and feel in their day to day. It allows to analyse temporal relationships between variables and has a high ecological validity.

Aim: To evaluate fluctuations of depressive symptoms and subjective well-being and to analyse the factors related to these fluctuations.

Methodology: Longitudinal study that will follow up for two weeks a representative sample of the population aged 18 to 65 years living in Madrid using the Experience Sampling Method. An interviewer will visit the participants at their home to carry out a structured interview on mental health and well-being and to install a mobile app on the smart phone of participants in order for them to fill out information about their emotional state during the following two weeks. Participants will use the smart phone screen to fill out a brief questionnaire about their feelings, the activities they are doing and the people with whom they are interacting. Multilevel analysis based on lineal hierarchical models will be employed for data analysis as well as methods based on machine learning.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 700
• Est. completion date: June 28, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: September 2, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-65 years old

• Non-institutionalized resident in Madrid

• To own a smart phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• To present noticeable cognitive or other limitations that impede following the interview

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Happiness
• Personal Satisfaction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Department of Psychiatry. School of Medicine	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Positive and Negative Affect as measured by PANAS	Current experience of positive and negative emotions, along with the extent to which they are felt, by means of an adapted version of PANAS questionnaire.	7 days