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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) Evaluation for Depression at Primary Care.

A study testing Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy in people with Depression, run by Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina at 1 site in Spain.

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Trial summary

Background: Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy (REBT) applied by the Primary Health Care (PC) Social Worker reduces psychotropic drug use and overcrowding at medical appointments. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Depression
What is being tested?
Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
900 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
10 Jan 2022to 1 Jan 2025
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients treated at the primary care medical consultation , who signed the Informed Consent, with:
  • first diagnosis of mild (F32.0)
  • moderate major depression (F32.1, F32.9 (unspecified depression).

Who cannot join

  • Participants diagnosed with severe depression F32.2, psychotic major depression F32.3, moderate recurrent depression F33.1, severe recurrent depression F33.2 or Beck test> 30 points at baseline visit
  • Any other type of psychiatric pathology (F60.9 personality disorder, F20.9 schizophrenia, F42.9 obsessive compulsive disorder, F20.0 paranoid schizophrenia, F31.9 bipolar disorder, F43.10 post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder F42.9.
  • Impaired cognitive ability according to PFEIFFER SPMSQ Scale (Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire) (<3 points)
  • Dementia - presenile dementia - senile dementia (F03.90). All three share code, dementia Sclerotic artery - vascular dementia - multiinfarct dementia (F01.50). All three share code. Alzheimer's disease (G30) and Lewy body dementia (G31.89)
  • Person included in home care (Z74.9)
  • The unwillingness to treat.
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  • Participation in psychoeducational groups of the Catalan Institute of Health ("Institut Català de la Salut" -ICS-), or other individual or group psychological therapies.
  • Any pathology or circumstance that makes it impossible for the user to participate in the study and / or the follow-up required by the same:
  • Terminal illnesses, (life expectancy of less than one year according to ECAP); Advanced Chronic Diseases (MACA in the section on chronicity in the ECAP)
  • Illiteracy and / or language barrier
  • Deaths and transfers from the generation of the recruitment list from the beginning of the study

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Carme Rovira Aler, LCSW contact

932745490 ext. 365

crovira.bcn.ics@gencat.cat

Spain1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Catalan Health Institute. ABS Sant Andreu 9D

    Barcelona, 08030

    Carme Rovira Aler, LCSW, crovira.bcn.ics@gencat.cat

    Carme Rovira Aler, LCSW

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of Individual Intervention With Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy Performed by Primary Care Clinical Social Workers in People With a New Episode of Depression: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy (REBT) applied by the Primary Health Care (PC) Social Worker reduces psychotropic drug use and overcrowding at medical appointments.

Hypothesis: The REBT in people diagnosed with mild-moderate depression in the social work consultation of PC, improves the clinical control of this disorder, with lower consumption of health resources, better quality of life and user satisfaction, with respect to the usual clinical practice, in addition to being cost-effective.

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Goals: To compare the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of REBT as an intervention tool with respect to the usual clinical practice in adults with a diagnosis of mild-moderate major depression in PC.

Methodology: Randomized clinical trial with control group, in people diagnosed with major depression attached to the PC. This study is carried out in 9 primary care centers in Catalonia.

Determinations: Participants are measured at the beginning of the study, end of the intervention and at 1 year of the beginning: Control of symptoms using PHQ-9; Health-related quality of life using the EQ-5D-5L scale; Self-perceived well-being, using the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale; Pharmacological prescription and withdrawal of anxiolytics, hypnotics and antidepressants; Frequency of PC consultations; Assignable costs through TIC-P; Functional social support perceived prior to the intervention using the Duke questionnaire; and user satisfaction with the treatment at the end of the intervention using CRES-4.

The exposure variable is the assignment to the REBT psychosocial intervention group or the usual clinical practice control group.

Statistical analysis: Description of the items of the measuring instruments used per month will calculate the cost by variation of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) and the increase of associated cost-effectiveness ratio contrasting the hypothesis that this is different to 22000 € by means of t-test.

Expected results: REBT in people diagnosed with mild-moderate depression in the social work consultation of PC, will improve in the clinical control of this disorder, a lower consumption of health resources, improvement in the Quality of Life and in the user satisfaction. Therefore, REBT is effective, and cost-effective in managing people diagnosed with mild-moderate major depression.

Applicability and Relevance: REBT will help people to acquire tools to deal with difficulties in daily life and provide economic savings in health care costs.

Conditions
Depression
Being tested
Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy, Control Group usual care
Keywords
Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, rational behavioral emotional therapy, depression, clinical trial
Medical subject headings
Depression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Rational-Emotive-Behavioral TherapyOther

    Also called Cognitive-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy, REBT, CBT, REBT-CBT

    The structure of the REBT sessions includes the following points:

    1. Determine specific goals that explain what the participant want to achieve through the content of the session.
    2. Explain the level of skills to be achieved in each session.
    3. Development of the session, reminder of the previous session, review of homework (from the second session to the 8th). Irrational beliefs and disruptive thoughts will be worked on together with the participant in order to achieve an improvement in their emotional state. Key messages with healthier alternatives that make your daily life easier.
    4. Establishing homework. Using the REBT Toolbox with Key Messages.
    5. Individual psychosocial work will be recorded in the computerized medical history.
  • Control Group usual careOther

    Also called conventional treatment, usual care

    In the control group, for each center , the depression is treated as usual with the conventional treatment, according to national and international guidelines.

Study groups in NCT05235789
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention groupExperimentalThe social workers in each center of primary care held eight 30 minutes sessions fortnightly of Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy. First session is informative about the type of treatment to be performed. The next sessions work events, thoughts and feelings with the goal of changing the dysfunctional thoughts by other more rational ones, measured by scales.
Receives: Other: Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy
Control groupActive comparatorThe control group (GC) in each center of primary care will take the usual medical care for depression, according with up-dated national and international guidelines.
Receives: Other: Control Group usual care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

    The PHQ-9 questionnaire consists of 9 items that assess the presence of depressive symptoms (corresponding to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -DSM-IV-) in the last 2 weeks, according to frequency: 0 = "never", 1 = "some days", 2 = "more than half the days "and 3 =" almost every day "; allows a classification in "Major Depressive Syndrome", "Other Depressive Syndromes", "Positive Depressive Symptoms" or "Negative Depressive Symptoms". However, in the present study we will use the total score (unweighted summation of item scores) as a measure of depressive symptoms.

    Measured: It will be measured as baseline.

  2. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

    The PHQ-9 questionnaire consists of 9 items that assess the presence of depressive symptoms (corresponding to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -DSM-IV-) in the last 2 weeks, according to frequency: 0 = "never", 1 = "some days", 2 = "more than half the days "and 3 =" almost every day "; allows a classification in "Major Depressive Syndrome", "Other Depressive Syndromes", "Positive Depressive Symptoms" or "Negative Depressive Symptoms". However, in the present study we will use the total score (unweighted summation of item scores) as a measure of depressive symptoms.

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

  3. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

    The PHQ-9 questionnaire consists of 9 items that assess the presence of depressive symptoms (corresponding to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -DSM-IV-) in the last 2 weeks, according to frequency: 0 = "never", 1 = "some days", 2 = "more than half the days "and 3 =" almost every day "; allows a classification in "Major Depressive Syndrome", "Other Depressive Syndromes", "Positive Depressive Symptoms" or "Negative Depressive Symptoms". However, in the present study we will use the total score (unweighted summation of item scores) as a measure of depressive symptoms.

    Measured: It will be measured at 1 year from baseline.

  4. 5-Dimensional, 5-Level EuroQol Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)

    The EuroQol 5D5L questionnaire contains an Analog Visual Scale, and 5 items / dimensions (mobility, personal care, daily activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression), rated at 5 levels ("No problems", "mild problems", "moderate problems", "severe problems" and "extreme problems or incapable of") . The final profit index will be calculated using the standardized hybrid method (compound time equivalence / discrete choice experiments) of Spanish social preferences.

    Measured: It will be measured as baseline.

  5. 5-Dimensional, 5-Level EuroQol Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)

    The EuroQol 5D5L questionnaire contains an Analog Visual Scale, and 5 items / dimensions (mobility, personal care, daily activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression), rated at 5 levels ("No problems", "mild problems", "moderate problems", "severe problems" and "extreme problems or incapable of") . The final profit index will be calculated using the standardized hybrid method (compound time equivalence / discrete choice experiments) of Spanish social preferences.

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

  6. 5-Dimensional, 5-Level EuroQol Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)

    The EuroQol 5D5L questionnaire contains an Analog Visual Scale, and 5 items / dimensions (mobility, personal care, daily activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression), rated at 5 levels ("No problems", "mild problems", "moderate problems", "severe problems" and "extreme problems or incapable of") . The final profit index will be calculated using the standardized hybrid method (compound time equivalence / discrete choice experiments) of Spanish social preferences.

    Measured: It will be measured at 1 year from baseline.

  7. Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989).

    Reduced self-perceived well-being questionnaire of 29 items, subdivided into 6 dimensions with statements about Self-Acceptance, Positive Relationships, Autonomy, Mastery of the Environment, Personal Growth and Purpose in Life. It uses a 6-point likert scale where 1 strongly agrees and 6 strongly disagrees. The final results will be by dimensions.

    Measured: It will be measured as baseline.

  8. Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989).

    Reduced self-perceived well-being questionnaire of 29 items, subdivided into 6 dimensions with statements about Self-Acceptance, Positive Relationships, Autonomy, Mastery of the Environment, Personal Growth and Purpose in Life. It uses a 6-point likert scale where 1 strongly agrees and 6 strongly disagrees. The final results will be by dimensions.

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

  9. Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989).

    Reduced self-perceived well-being questionnaire of 29 items, subdivided into 6 dimensions with statements about Self-Acceptance, Positive Relationships, Autonomy, Mastery of the Environment, Personal Growth and Purpose in Life. It uses a 6-point likert scale where 1 strongly agrees and 6 strongly disagrees. The final results will be by dimensions.

    Measured: It will be measured at 1 year from baseline.

  10. Treatment Inventory Cost in Psychiatric patients (TIC-P)

    The TIC-P questionnaire includes 8 general questions, costs in two dimensions: use of health resources (direct costs, 35 questions) and loss of productivity (indirect costs, Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA) Productivity Cost Questionnaire -iPCQ-, 12 questions).

    Measured: It will be measured as baseline.

  11. Treatment Inventory Cost in Psychiatric patients (TIC-P)

    The TIC-P questionnaire includes 8 general questions, costs in two dimensions: use of health resources (direct costs, 35 questions) and loss of productivity (indirect costs, Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA) Productivity Cost Questionnaire -iPCQ-, 12 questions).

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

  12. Treatment Inventory Cost in Psychiatric patients (TIC-P)

    The TIC-P questionnaire includes 8 general questions, costs in two dimensions: use of health resources (direct costs, 35 questions) and loss of productivity (indirect costs, Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA) Productivity Cost Questionnaire -iPCQ-, 12 questions).

    Measured: It will be measured at 1 year from baseline.

  13. Attendance of primary care during the previous year.

    Number of scheduled PC visits (both face-to-face and telephone) for physician / social worker / nurse, in the year prior to the start of the study, and at the end of follow-up.

    Measured: It will be measured as baseline.

  14. Attendance of primary care during the previous year.

    Number of scheduled PC visits (both face-to-face and telephone) for physician / social worker / nurse, in the year prior to the start of the study, and at the end of follow-up.

    Measured: It will be measured at baseline.

  15. Attendance of primary care during the previous year.

    Number of scheduled PC visits (both face-to-face and telephone) for physician / social worker / nurse, in the year prior to the start of the study, and at the end of follow-up.

    Measured: It will be measured at 1 year from baseline.

  16. Duke Functional Social Support Questionnaire.

    The Duke Functional Social Support Questionnaire consists of 11 Likert-type items from 1 ("much less than I want") to 5 ("as much as I want"). It measures perceived social support and has two dimensions: "confidential social support" and "affective social support".

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

  17. Satisfaction Scale with the treatment received (CRES-4).

    The CRES-4 scale measures 4 items likert: satisfaction with treatment (rated 0-5; "completely dissatisfied" and "completely satisfied, respectively), degree of resolution (0-5), previous emotional state (0-4), current emotional state (0-4). Three dimensions are derived from 0 (worst rating) to 100 (best rating): satisfaction, problem solving, and perception of emotional change.

    Measured: It will be measured at 4 months from baseline.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Feb 2022
  2. Study start10 Jan 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Aug 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jan 2025 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Randomized clinical trial with control group, in people diagnosed with major depression attached to the PC. This study is carried out in 9 primary care centers in Catalonia.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
900 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05235789
Sponsor's protocol ID
21/152-P
Status last verified
Mar 2023
First submitted
13 Dec 2021
Last updated
20 Mar 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Rational-Emotive-Behavioral Therapy in people with Depression, run by Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina at 1 site in Spain.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Mar 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Carme Rovira Aler, LCSW (932745490 ext. 365, crovira.bcn.ics@gencat.cat), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (time frame: It will be measured as baseline.). The study lists 17 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Mar 2023.

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