The systematic activation method as a nursing intervention in depressed elderly: a protocol for a multi – centre cluster randomized trial

BMC Psychiatry

Pim Cuijpers⁴  Annemiek van Straten³  Berno van Meijel²  Frans Clignet¹ 

[1] Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Mental Health Nursing, De Boelenlaan 1109, Amsterdam, HV, 1081, the Netherlands;Parnassia Bavo Groep, Institute for Mental Health Care, Monsterseweg 93, The Hague, RJ, 2553, the Netherlands;Mood Disorders Centre, Stocker road EX 4 4PY, Exeter, United Kingdom;EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, BT 1081, the Netherlands

关键词: Nursing;    Behavioral activation;    Inpatient;    Elderly;    Major depressive disorder;   

Others  :  1124287
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-12-144

 received in 2012-09-10, accepted in 2012-09-10,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Depression in later life is a common mental disorder with a prevalence rate of between 3% and 35% for minor depression and approximately 2% for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The most common treatment modalities for MDD are antidepressant medication and psychological interventions. Recently, Behavioral Activation (BA) has gained renewed attention as an effective treatment modality in MDD. Although BA is considered an easy accessible intervention for both patients and health care workers (such as nurses), there is no research on the effectiveness of the intervention in inpatient depressed elderly.

The aim of study, described in the present proposal, is to examine the effects of BA when executed by nurses in an inpatient population of elderly persons with MDD.

Methods/design

The study is designed as a multi-center cluster randomized controlled trial. BA, described as The Systematic Activation Method (SAM) will be compared with Treatment as Usual (TAU). We aim to include ten mental health care units in the Netherlands that will each participate as a control unit or an experimental unit. The patients will meet the following criteria: (1) a primary diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) according to the DSM-IV criteria; (2) 60 years or older; (3) able to read and write in Dutch; (4) have consented to participate via the informed consent procedure. Based on an effect size d = 0.7, we intend to include 51 participants per condition (n = 102). The SAM will be implemented within the experimental units as an adjunctive therapy to Treatment As Usual (TAU). All patients will be assessed at baseline, after eight weeks, and after six months. The primary outcome will be the level of depression measured by means of the Beck Depression Inventory (Dutch version). Other assessments will be activity level, mastery, costs, anxiety and quality of life.

Discussion

To our knowledge this is the first study to test the effect of Behavioral Activation as a nursing intervention in an inpatient elderly population. This research has been approved by the medical research ethics committee for health-care settings in the Netherlands (No. NL26878.029.09) and is listed in the Dutch Trial Register (NTR No.1809).

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Clignet et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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