The effectiveness of Looking for meaning, a life-review course for elderly with depressive symptoms. A randomized controlled trial.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON28537

Enrollment

360

Registered

2005-11-28

Start date

2005-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

slight to moderate depressive symptoms

Interventions

The course Looking for meaning is the intervention. It is a group-oriented intervention of twelve sessions of two hours, conducted in groups of about ten participants. Based on certain themes, in this

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Elderly people above the age of 55 with slight to moderate depressive symptoms.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. People with severe depressive symptoms and a CES-D score higher than 24; 2. The absence of depressive symptoms, a score lower than 5 on the CES-D; 3. People being treated elsewhere (with medication) when they register; 4. People unable to function in a group.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Depressive symptoms (Centre of Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale, CES-D, Bouma, Ranchor, Sanderman and van Sonderen 1995); 2. Well-being (Well-being Scale, Ryff and Keyes, 1995); 3. Perceived meaning (SELE Scale, Dittmann-Kohli and Westerhof 1997); 4. Quality of life (EuroQol Group 1990).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Mastery (Pearlin Mastery Scale, Pearlin and Schooler 1978); 2. Social support (van Sonderen et al. 1989); 3. Personality structure (NEO-FFI); 4. Demographic variables and important life events.	—

Contacts

Public ContactA.M. Pot

Trimbos-institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, P.O. Box 725

ampot@trimbos.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)