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Study NCT ID:
NCT00122083
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2005-07-26
First Post:
2005-07-18
Brief Title:
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Simple Marketing Intervention in Changing Student Attitudes to Depression
Sponsor:
University of Oxford
Organization:
University of Oxford
Study Overview
Official Title:
A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of a Simple Marketing Intervention in Changing Student Attitudes to Depression
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2004-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a simple marketing intervention in changing attitudes towards depression and its treatment among university students
Detailed Description:
Depression is a major public health problem It is common affecting approximately 10 percent of the United Kingdom UK community at any one time Britains student population is particularly at risk
Knowledge of effective treatments for depression is burgeoning thanks to a rapid increase in the quantity and quality of relevant research Regardless of these advances depression is still under-reported Freeling et al 1985 and general practitioners often fail to diagnose it
When depression is correctly diagnosed most patients in primary care will receive a prescription for an antidepressant However some patients will not have the prescription dispensed and most will not complete the full recommended course Compliance with psychological treatments is also a problem
Study Design
Pilot work The intervention consisted of mailing to each undergraduate students pigeon-hole a pack of 4 postcards which provided brief information on depression in an attractive format One postcard summarised information on depression as an illness one summarised information on the causes of depression one summarised information on the treatment of depression and one summarised information on how to seek help for depression Prior to the trial the drafts were revised through feedback from a focus group of 5 students who discussed the design and content of the draft postcards The focus group participants were recruited from the Queens College as this college did not participate in the trial The focus group contributed to the revision of the draft questionnaire
The trial The design was a cluster randomised controlled trial Individual Oxford University colleges which accept undergraduate students were the units of randomisation Twenty-eight colleges were randomised Permanent private halls and postgraduate colleges were excluded as was the Queens College due to it being the lead investigators college and Harris Manchester College a college for mature students
Half of the randomised colleges received no intervention the other half received the intervention
A questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention to half of the undergraduate students in each of the colleges The same questionnaire was used for both time points Questions addressed knowledge of and attitudes towards
depression as an illness
symptoms of depression
treatment for depression
sources of help for depression
Knowledge of effective treatments for depression is burgeoning thanks to a rapid increase in the quantity and quality of relevant research Regardless of these advances depression is still under-reported Freeling et al 1985 and general practitioners often fail to diagnose it
When depression is correctly diagnosed most patients in primary care will receive a prescription for an antidepressant However some patients will not have the prescription dispensed and most will not complete the full recommended course Compliance with psychological treatments is also a problem
Study Design
Pilot work The intervention consisted of mailing to each undergraduate students pigeon-hole a pack of 4 postcards which provided brief information on depression in an attractive format One postcard summarised information on depression as an illness one summarised information on the causes of depression one summarised information on the treatment of depression and one summarised information on how to seek help for depression Prior to the trial the drafts were revised through feedback from a focus group of 5 students who discussed the design and content of the draft postcards The focus group participants were recruited from the Queens College as this college did not participate in the trial The focus group contributed to the revision of the draft questionnaire
The trial The design was a cluster randomised controlled trial Individual Oxford University colleges which accept undergraduate students were the units of randomisation Twenty-eight colleges were randomised Permanent private halls and postgraduate colleges were excluded as was the Queens College due to it being the lead investigators college and Harris Manchester College a college for mature students
Half of the randomised colleges received no intervention the other half received the intervention
A questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention to half of the undergraduate students in each of the colleges The same questionnaire was used for both time points Questions addressed knowledge of and attitudes towards
depression as an illness
symptoms of depression
treatment for depression
sources of help for depression
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None