Adult Depression and Integrative Medical Care

The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrative medical care works to treat depression in adults and compare it to usual medical care. The main question it aims to answer is to find out whether integrative medical care is equal or better to usual medical care in treating depressed adults over one year.

Participants attended five data collection visits which occurred at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. At each visit, they completed questionnaires and had a small blood sample drawn. They were also asked to keep a diary of their symptoms and what they did between visits. They brought a calendar summary with a saliva sample at visits 2 to 5.

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Key information

Conditions

Depression Behavior Behavioral Symptoms

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N5E5, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

experiencing depressive symptoms as defined by a Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale score of 16 or higher as categorized by Lewinsohn et al.
willing to commit to five study visits over one year.

Exclusion criteria

substance abuse
pregnancy
non-depression neurological problems.

Treatment and study plan

Counselling, behavioural, nutrition

Dietary Supplement

integrative medical care delivered by one physician and referral to other health professionals as appropriate

Primary outcomes

Change in depression

Time frame: one year

as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test. It has a continuous range of whole number scores from 0-63 that correspond to four categories of depression: minimal (0-13), mild (14-19), moderate (20-28) and severe (29-63)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Saskatchewan

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Registry information

Official study title

Integrative Medical Care For Adult Depression: A One Year Pilot Project

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Apr 8, 2025
Registry last updated: Apr 10, 2025

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