Mental Health for older adults
Conditions
Interventions
intervention group:group mental health knowledge lectures+path-oriented psychological self-intervention
wait list group:group mental health knowledge lectures + they would receive the paht-oriented psychological self-intervention after the follow-up assessment
Sponsors
Huzhou University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 60 and over with urban registration; 2. lived in a home with their children absent; 3. have substandard level of mental health, i.e., scored lower than 163 (transformed by weighting) on a mental health assessment by The Chinese Mental Health Scale; 4. was capable of communicating with the research staff; 5. was willing to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Persons with disturbances in consciousness, disorientation, severe physical illness (e.g., severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer) or had formal psychotherapy within the past 10 years, that would affect the assessment of the study outcomes.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mental Health Status; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Coping Style;Psychological Self-help Ability;Adherence rate; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLina Wang
Huzhou University
Outcome results
None listed