Depressive symptoms gloom
Conditions
Interventions
Eight groups of eight participants will follow the weekly LFM course including
sensory and creative exercises provided by a MHCNP. The first part of the
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Community dwelling elderly
Depressive symptoms
General practice
Sponsors
Trimbos-instituut
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * The participant is over 65 years old; * The participant shows depressive symptoms (score ranging between 5-25 on the CES-D scale) * The participant is community dwelling; * The participant speaks the Dutch language; * The participant is willing to sincerely participate in group activities including both reviewing life and participating in creative assignments.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Patients with signs of a major clinical depression (a score greater than or equal to 25 on the CES-D); * Patients with too little depressive symptoms (CES-D score
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcomes are the differences in depressive symptoms (primary outcome), anxiety, psychological wellbeing and mastery (secondary outcomes) as reported by the older adults before and after the LFM intervention. Another important endpoint of this study is the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted LFM course. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Therefore, secondary outcome measures in this study are: - Anxiety symptoms, measured with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale (HADS-A). - Psychological wellbeing, measured with the Dutch version of the Philidelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale (PFCMS) which consists of 17 items (Lawton, 1975). - Mastery, measured with the Dutch version of the Pearling Mastery Scale (Pearlin & Schooler, 1978) which consists of 5 items. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed