Depression, anxiety, stress. Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder
Conditions
Interventions
No control group or delayed access control group will be used in this preliminary study of this intervention.
The intervention: Living Life to the Full classes, 1.5 hour per class for 8 weeks, which
Sponsors
University of Glasgow (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Individuals aged 65 or over who self-present to the classes 2. Must be able to understand and attend the classes for which normal polite behaviour is expected 3. A score of 5 or more on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), indicating at least mild depressive symptoms and/or a score of 5 or more on the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) Assessment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Does not meet inclusion criteria 2. Participants who do not consent to abide by normal social etiquette within the classes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the feasibility of delivering and studying the community-based Living Life to the Full course in a sample of older adults with focus on take up, completion rates, drop out, recruitment, data colection. For the future RCT, the primary outcome measure will be the PHQ-9. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To test the feasibility of recruiting participants into the RCT using multiple community recruitment strategies 2. To assess the feasibility of collecting data at baseline and at follow-up points by letter, telephone and email 3. To gain information regarding the attendance, completion and drop out rates in the classes 4. To record user?s levels of satisfaction in relation to the intervention and identify suggestions to better refine delivery of the course and the RCT 5. To assess the efficacy of the intervention in relation to scores on the PHQ-9, GAD-7, WASAS and HADS | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed