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Trial reportTrials2014

Cognitive bias modification to prevent depression (COPE): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Osvaldo P Almeida, Colin MacLeod, Andrew Ford, Ben Grafton, Varsha Hirani, David Glance, Emily Holmes

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Trial report in Trials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Osvaldo P AlmeidaWestern Australian Centre for Health & Ageing (M573), Centre for Medical Research of the Perkins Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au.
Colin MacLeod
Andrew Ford
Ben Grafton
Varsha Hirani
David Glance
Emily Holmes

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_0901/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and, although efficacious treatments are available, their efficacy is suboptimal and recurrence of symptoms is common. Effective preventive strategies could reduce disability and the long term social and health complications associated with the disorder, but current options are limited. Cognitive bias modification (CBM) is a novel, simple, and safe intervention that addresses attentional and interpretive biases associated with anxiety, dysphoria, and depression. The primary aim of this trial is to determine if CBM decreases the one-year onset of a major depressive episode among adults with subsyndromal depression. DESIGN AND

methodsThis randomised controlled trial will recruit 532 adults with subsyndromal symptoms of depression living in the Australian community (parallel design, 1:1 allocation ratio). Participants will be free of clinically significant symptoms of depression and of psychotic disorders, sensory and cognitive impairment, and risky alcohol use. The CBM intervention will target attentional and interpretive biases associated with depressive symptoms. The sessions will be delivered via the internet over a period of 52 weeks. The primary outcome of interest is the onset of a major depressive episode according the DSM-IV-TR criteria over a 12-month period. Secondary outcomes of interest include change in the severity of depressive symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), use of antidepressants or benzodiazepines, and changes in attention and interpretive biases. The assessment of outcomes will take place 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after randomisation and will occur via the internet. DISCUSSION: We propose to test the efficacy of an innovative intervention that is well grounded in theory and for which increasing empirical evidence for an effect on mood is available. The intervention is simple, inexpensive, easy to access, and could be easily rolled out into practice if our findings confirm a role for CBM in the prevention of depression.

trial registrationAustralian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613001334796. Date: 5th December 2013.

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CognitionResearch DesignTherapy, Computer-AssistedAffectAntidepressive AgentsAttentionAustraliaClinical ProtocolsCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansInternetMajor Depressive DisorderPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeAntidepressive Agents

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PMID25012399
PMCPMC4096419

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