Technological State of the Art of Electronic Mental Health Interventions for Major Depressive Disorder: Systematic Literature Review

BACKGROUND: Electronic mental (e-mental) health care for depression aims to overcome barriers to and limitations of face-to-face treatment. Owing to the high and growing demand for mental health care, a large number of such information and communication technology systems have been developed in recent years. Consequently, a diverse system...

EFFORT-D: results of a randomised controlled trial testing the EFFect of running therapy on depression

Results of a randomised controlled trial testing the EFFect Of Running Therapy on Depression. Background. This randomised controlled trial explored the anti-depressive and health effects of add-on exercise (running therapy or Nordic walking) in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Methods. Patients were recruited at three specialised...

EFFORT-D study process evaluation: Challenges in conducting a trial into the effects of running therapy in patients with major depressive disorder

Background: Exercise is currently seen as an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, existing studies have focused mainly on mild-to-moderate depression. The moderate positive effect of exercise found in meta-analyses concerning these studies differs, however, from the harsh daily clinical practice, when trying to...

Ehealth4MDD: A database of e-health systems for the prevention and treatment of depressive disorders

To date, meta-analyses of e-mental health systems for major depressive disorder (MDD) have largely overlooked the technological side of interventions. This warranted the creation of an open access database, EHealth4MDD, for the systematic study of the technological implementation in relation to intervention content, study design, and study...

Factors associated with work participation and work functioning in depressed workers: A systematic review

Background Depression is associated with negative work outcomes such as reduced work participation (WP) (e.g., sick leave duration, work status) and work functioning (WF) (e.g., loss of productivity, work limitations). For the development of evidence-based interventions to improve these work outcomes, factors predicting WP and WF have to be...

Depressed and absent from work: Predicting prolonged depressive symptomatology among employees

Background: The World Health Organization considers depression a major health problem and a leading cause of disability. Aim To identify factors which may help to reduce depressive symptoms in a sample of employees sick listed due to mental health problems. Methods: Longitudinal cohort study of employees sick listed for 12-20 weeks due to mental...

Genome-wide association of major depression: Description of samples for the GAIN Major Depressive Disorder Study: NTR and NESDA biobank projects

To identify the genomic regions that confer risk and protection for major depressive disorder (MDD) in humans, large-scale studies are needed. Such studies should collect multiple phenotypes, DNA, and ideally, biological material that allows gene expression analysis, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies. In this paper, we briefly...

The association of behavioural and emotional problems with tobacco use in adolescence

Smoking is a highly addictive behaviour, often initiated during adolescence. It is suggested that smoking is associated with behavioural and emotional problems. This study aims to assess the impact of psychosocial problems on smoking initiation and vice versa. Method: We obtained data on self-reported psychosocial problems and smoking of...

Predicting the duration of sickness absence for patients with common mental disorders in occupational health care

Objectives: This study attempted to determine the factors that best predict the duration of absence from work among employees with common mental disorders. Methods: A cohort of 188 employees, of whom 102 were teachers, on sick leave with common mental disorders was followed for 1 year. Only information potentially available to the occupational...

The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS): Detecting anxiety disorder and depression in employees absent from work because of mental health problems

Aims: To (1) evaluate the psychometric properties and (2) examine the ability to detect cases with anxiety disorder and depression in a population of employees absent from work because of mental health problems. Methods: Internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) were assessed....

Mogelijke rol voor de huisarts bij het terugdringen van de beperkingen door verouderingsaandoeningen: Gehoor- en visusstoornissen, incontinentie en artrose [Possible role of general practitioners in pushing back age-related impairments: Auditory and visual disorders, incontinence and osteoarthritis]

Objective. To determine which age-related disorders lend themselves for screening followed by intervention in general practice. Setting. Department of General Practice Medicine, University of Leiden. Design. Descriptive. Methods. This study concerned eight frequent age-related disorders: auditory and visual disorders, cognitive limitations,...