NCT00279526

Brief Summary

The increase in life expectancy in the 21st century has resulted in a major growth in the prevalence of age-related diseases and conditions. Depression has been found to be the most prevalent among the various mental disorders in later life. It was emphasized that depression in the elderly is a persistent or recurrent disorder resulting from psychosocial stress or physiologic effects of disease and can lead to disability, cognitive impairments, intensified symptoms of other medical conditions and increased utilization of health care services. Due to the rapidly aging population, depression is a serious public health concern that has a great impact on quality of life and may lay a considerable burden on the health care systems. However depression among the elderly may prove to be hard to diagnose since in aged persons depressive symptoms are often masked by somatic complaints or by cognitive impairments. Consequently depression is often under diagnosed and the patients continue to visit constantly the nurse or the physician without getting an adequate answer to their problem. For that reason over utilization of health care services may be an indicator to the presence of undiagnosed depression. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between socio-demographic variables, high primary care utilization and depressive symptomatology among aged patients.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
450

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2006

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 18, 2006

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 19, 2006

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 1, 2006

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2006

Completed
Last Updated

May 25, 2007

Status Verified

May 1, 2007

First QC Date

January 18, 2006

Last Update Submit

May 24, 2007

Conditions

Depression

Keywords

DepressionHealth services utilizationElderlyPrimary Care

Eligibility Criteria

Age65 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsOlder Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Age 65 or older,
  • Clalit health organization client
  • Outpatient
  • Hebrew or English or Russian speaker
  • Living in Beer Sheva

You may not qualify if:

  • Known diagnosis of depression, major depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, dementia or substance abuse
  • Current acute illness

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Beersheba, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

DepressionPatient Acceptance of Health Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral SymptomsBehaviorTreatment Adherence and ComplianceHealth Behavior

Study Officials

  • Yan Press, MD

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
NATURAL HISTORY
Time Perspective
OTHER
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 18, 2006

First Posted

January 19, 2006

Study Start

April 1, 2006

Study Completion

December 1, 2006

Last Updated

May 25, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-05

Locations

IL(1)