Prevention of loneliness and depression in elderly nursing home patients living in Amsterdam using Life Review Therapy.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON26366

Enrollment

100

Registered

2006-12-04

Start date

2007-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention: The life review consisted of autobiographical retrieval practice that entailed focusing on a particular life period each week - childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and summary. For each p

depressive symptoms (GDS-8), cognitive functioning (MMSE), MINI-interview (dsm-diagnoses depression and dysthymie), anxiety (HADS), loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale), Autobiographical Mem

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age over 65; 2. Living in a nursing home; 3. Normal cognitive functioning/ no signs of dementia; 4. No pharmacological treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No or less depressive symptoms; 2. Mild or severe cognitive symptoms.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depression (Griatric Depression Scale-8, MINI-interview) and loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale). Anxiety, HADS, autobiographical memory(AMT). Posttreatment one or two weeks after ending intervention (4 weeks after inclusion).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Analysing the influence of covariates on the outcome of the life review therapy (neuroticism (NEO-FFI), worrying (PSWQ-11), quality of life)/mastery (PMS).	—

Contacts

Public ContactBas Steunenberg

VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology Van der Boechorststraat 1

B.Steunenberg@psy.vu.nl+31 (0)20 5988703

Outcome results