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N/A N=105 Randomized Treatment

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention to Treat Depression in Individuals With a Traumatic Brain Injury

Depression · Traumatic Brain Injury

Enrolled (actual)
105
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Feb 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Beck Depression Inventory - II — 25.47; 27.13; 18.84; 25.00 units on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
MBCT for TBI (Behavioral)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Lakehead University
Primary completion
May 2012

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Beck Depression Inventory - II
25.47; 27.13; 18.84; 25.00
SECONDARY
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
11.53; 14.08; 10.19; 12.84
SECONDARY
Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (Depression Subscale)
1.62; 1.36; 1.74; 1.49
SECONDARY
Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (Awareness Subscale)
33.84; 33.97; 35.10; 34.42
SECONDARY
Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (Acceptance Subscale)
28.35; 28.14; 31.16; 29.39

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is effective in reducing depression symptoms in individuals who have experienced a traumatic brain injury. The investigators hypothesize that participants who are given the ten-week intervention will have fewer depression symptoms than the participants in the control group, and this improvement will be maintained at the three-month follow-up assessment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • traumatic brain injury suffered more than one year ago but less than five
  • Evidence of depression post-traumatic brain injury (Beck Depression Inventory-II score of 16 or greater)
  • Ability to speak and read English
  • Age 18 or more

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to benefit from the intervention based a consensus process amongst study clinical psychologist and physicians, and from scores on memory and auditory attention (California Verbal Learning Test, Digit Span subsection of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale); verbal fluency and executive functioning (Controlled Oral Word Association Test); verbal abstract reasoning (Similarities subsection of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale); and executive functioning (Trail Making Test).
  • Evidence of unusual psychological processes such as psychosis, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, or major concurrent mental illness (Beck Depression Inventory-II and Symptom Checklist-90-R will supplement the decision-making process of study clinicians).
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00745940). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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