Life Satisfaction and Psychopathology in Institutionalized Elderly People

Life Satisfaction and Psychopathology in Institutionalized Elderly People: The Results of an Adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02774018

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-16

Start date

2015-06-30

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2016-05-16

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Conditions

Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)

Keywords

Mindfulness, Elderly, Psychopathology

Brief summary

The present study attempted to test the benefits of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in Portuguese institutionalized elderly people, as a way to improve life satisfaction and reduce psychopathology. The sample included 12 institutionalized elderly people, with ages between 65 and 91 (M = 82.58 years; SD = 7.87), that filled several selfreport questionnaires and were assessed with Mini Mental State Examination. Participants attended to an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program (KabatZinn,1994), with 48 sessions (16 weeks) and Participants were evaluated before and after the intervention.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to 95 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* literacy * age above 65 years

Exclusion criteria

* presence of cognitive or sensorial * impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in depression levels assessed with the GDS	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	GDS; Geriatric Depression Scale; Greenberg et al., 2005
Change in anxiety levels assessed with the DASS-21	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	DASS-21; Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; Lovibond e Lovibond, 1995
Change in experiential avoidance levels assessed with the AAQ-II	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	AAQ-II; Acceptance and Action Questionnaire; Bond, Hayes, Baer, Carpenter, Guenole, Orcutt, Waltz e Zettle, 2011
Change in subjective pain levels assessed with the Faces Scale	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	Faces Scale; Wong et al., 2001
Change in life satisfaction levels assessed with the SWLS	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	SWLS; Satisfaction with Life Scale; Diener et al., 1985

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026