DELTA - DZPG

General Information

Status

Ongoing (II): Recruitment and data collection ongoing

Description

Cohort study including all adult hospitalised cases (age range 18 to 75 years) of severe major depression who are admitted to the Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg

Paper

Kirchberger I, Maleckar B, Meisinger C, et al. Long-term outcomes in patients with severe depression after in-hospital treatment - study protocol of the depression long-term Augsburg (DELTA) study. BMJ Open 2019;9:e032507. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-032507

Website

https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/med/profs/epidemiologie/delta-studie/

Contact

Prof. Jakob Linseisen

Further PIs

Alkomiet Hasan

Survey Results

Is it an interventional or non-interventional study?

Non-interventional

Specification of study type

Cohort

Is it a mono- or multicentric study?

Monocentric

Is it a single or multi country study?

Single

Which country?

Germany

Who are participants?

Patients with specific diseases

Which diseases? (ICD-11 classification)

Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders (06)

Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders (ICD-11 classification)

Mood disorders

Recruitment setting

Hospital

Target sample size

300

Start of recruitment

2019

Minimum age of participants

Maximum age of participants

Data sources for the study

Biological samples
Cognitive measurements
Medical records
Interview
Questionnaire

Is it planned to share the data?

Undecided, it is not yet known if data will be made available

Are further follow-ups planned?

Not planned, but possible