Status:

COMPLETED

Stress Reactivity of Physical Stressor on Depression

Lead Sponsor:

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Conditions:

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Depressive elderly individuals have showed higher basal level of cortisol and lower level of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Moreover, changes on these hormone levels have also observed in reactivity o...

Detailed Description

Depressive and healthy individuals were submitted to one session of 30 minutes of physical exercise of moderate intensity. Before and soon after the exercise it was collected saliva - to analyse corti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age above of 60 years old
  • Clinical diagnostic of depression

Exclusion

  • Hormonal replacement
  • Physical disease
  • Fasting

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01791023

Start Date

March 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

February 13 2013

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Deolindo Couto Neurology Institute

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil