Efficacy of Edupression.Com® in Depressive Patients

Launched by MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA · Apr 8, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The edupression.com® self-help app is an evidence-based low-level psychosocial intervention, which a can be used as as monotherapy as first-line treatment in mild to moderate depressive patients or as complimentary treatment independent of previous therapy response or depression severity. The two foundations of edupression.com® are evidence-based psychoeducation with CBT elements, as well as self-monitoring in the mood chart. Evidence for the efficacy of this approach stems from a large body of literature regarding eHealth (healthcare services provided electronically via the internet) appli...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Male/female
• • Age 18-65 years
• • ICD-10 diagnosis F32.0 \& F32.1, depressive episode mild \& moderate \& F33.0 \& F33.1, Recurrent depressive disorder mild \& moderate (M.I.N.I.)
• • PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) score ≥5
• • ability to be managed as outpatients
• • adherence to the study protocol incl. willingness and minimal experience to understand instructions for edupression.com®
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • previous or concurrent major medical or neurological illness
• • any history of non-response to either psychotherapy/eHealth interventions (min. 3 month) or medication (min. 6 weeks, adequate antidepressive drug dosing) or any kind of therapy resistance
• • participants in the active phase of other interventional studies
• • ICD-10 diagnosis of substance dependence within the past year, except for caffeine or nicotine or current substance abuse
• • ICD-10 diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, persistent mood disorders, or an anxiety disorder
• • being acutely suicidal either indicated by a score ≥3 on item 9 (suicidal thoughts) on the PHQ-9 or according to the investigator´s opinion
• • failures to comply with the study protocol or to follow the instructions of the investigating team