Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000001488 |
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Receipt number | R000001806 |
Scientific Title | A randomised controlled trial of exercise class for older persons with mild depression |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2008/11/09 |
Last modified on | 2008/11/08 07:43:18 |
A randomised controlled trial of exercise class for older persons with mild depression
Effects of exercise class on older persons with mild depression
A randomised controlled trial of exercise class for older persons with mild depression
Effects of exercise class on older persons with mild depression
Japan |
Mild depression
Psychiatry |
Others
NO
The purposes of this study is to evaluate: 1) if weekly low-intensity exercise decreases the severity of psychiatrist-diagnosed mild depression; 2) if the decrease in symptom severity continues after intervention; and 3) if any symptomatic improvement can be attributed to exercise itself without any effect of being socialized or group dynamics.
Safety
Confirmatory
Explanatory
Phase II,III
The 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) assessed by a psychiatrist in a blinded fashion at 10 weeks
HAM-D assessment is performed for the intervention group 10 weeks and 6 months after the end of the exercise program
Interventional
Parallel
Randomized
Individual
Open -but assessor(s) are blinded
Placebo
YES
NO
Institution is considered as a block.
YES
Central registration
3
Treatment
Behavior,custom |
low-intensity exercise class for 1 hour each week for 10 weeks
being asked to spend normal lifes
life review for 1 hour each week for 10 weeks
60 | years-old | <= |
86 | years-old | > |
Male and Female
Community dwellers with mild depression, which is definded as dysthimia or minor depression in accordance with DSM-IV.
Subjects are excluded if they express suicidal ideation. Other exclusion criteria are alcoholism, any psychiatric treatment, a score of 23 points or less on the Mini-Mental State Examination, and physical diseases that made exercise inappropriate
90
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kazushige Ihara |
Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social medicine
Division of Public Health
5-21-16, Omorinishi, Otaku, Tokyo
03-3762-4151(.2417)
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kazushige Ihara |
Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social medicine
Division of Public Health
5-21-16, Omorinishi, Otaku, Tokyo
03-3762-4151(.2417)
ihara1@med.toho-u.ac.jp
Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Division of Public Health
Japan
Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
YES
19001
Toho University School of Medicine
2008 | Year | 11 | Month | 09 | Day |
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2008 | Year | 11 | Month | 08 | Day |
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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000001806
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