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

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

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30696

Enrollment

100

Registered

2007-04-03

Start date

2007-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

feeling down

Interventions

After verbal consent was given, participants were screened for depression and cogntive functioning. In the second week participants completed the questionnaires included in de pretest. During the th

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -clinical significant level of depressive symptoms -age over 65 -living in a nursing home -normal cognitive functioning/ no signs of dementia -no pharmacological treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -no or less depressive symptoms/ score below the generally accepted cut-off for clinically significant level of depressive symptoms -mild or severe cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- depression (GDS-8, MINI-interview) - loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale) - anxiety (HADS) - Autobiographical Memory (AMT)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- worrying (PSWQ) - neuroticism (NEO-FFI) - quality of life/ mastery (PMS)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)