Enhancing Elderly Well-Being: A SEFT-Based RCT on Subjective Cognitive Decline, Social Isolation and Mental Health

Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique for Subjective cognitive decline, Mental health and social isolation in the Elderly

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20260630004

Enrollment

Registered

2026-06-30

Start date

2025-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

depression, anxiety stress, cognitive decline Spiritual Emotional freedom therapy, Subjective cognitive decline, Mental health and social isolation

Interventions

Participants allocated to the intervention group received a Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT)-based intervention designed to improve elderly well-being by addressing subjective cognitive d

Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment

spiritual emotional freedom therapy,Waitlist control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Ability to speak and understand Urdu. 2.Willingness to provide written informed consent 3. Reported subjective memory or cognitive concerns

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Participants with a dementia diagnosis excluded 2. severe psychiatric disorder, or sensory impairments (e.g., severe hearing loss) that precluded questionnaire completion were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
mental health pre-intervention (T1), mid-intervention (T2), and post-intervention (T3). DASS21,subjective cognitive decline pre-intervention (T1), mid-intervention (T2), and post-intervention (T3). SCD9,social Isolation pre-intervention (T1), mid-intervention (T2), and post-intervention (T3). UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
sleep quality pre-intervention (T1), mid-intervention (T2), and post-intervention (T3). PSQI	—

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Public ContactSamira Rafiq

Islamia University of Bahawalpur

S23BAPSY4M01004@iub.edu.pk03336147166

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026