Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities：a Randomised Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 68
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from Baseline in Meaning in life on the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) at Week6
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this interventional study is to learn if life review works to improve the sense of meaning in life in older adults with disabilities who live at home. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does life review enhance the sense of meaning in life of participants? Does life reviews enhance the life satisfaction of participants. Does life reviews enhance the quality of life of participants?
Researchers will compare the life review program to routine community health services to see if the life review intervention program is effective in enhancing the sense of meaning in life of older adults with disabilities who live at home.
Participants will:
Take face-to-face life review interview or routine community health service every week for 6 weeks.
Take the the questionnaire survey before and after the six-week life review intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age ≥60 years old
- •Conform to the diagnosis of disability
- •Those who scored <38 points on the Chinese version of the Meaning of Life Scale (C-MLQ)
- •Conscious, able to comprehend the questionnaire, and have the ability to communicate verbally
- •Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria
- •With cognitive impairment
- •Unable to complete the questionnaire due to their physical condition
- •Participated in other psychosocial interventions during the same period
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from Baseline in Meaning in life on the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) at Week6
Time Frame: Baseline and Week6
The MLQ is a validated self-reported instrument assessing for sense of meaning in life, with 10 items and 2 dimensions, using a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from "totally disagree" to "totally agree" on a scale of 1-7, with a total score of 10-70, with higher scores indicating a higher level of sense of meaning in life.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from Baseline in Quality of life on the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) at Week6(Baseline and Week6)
- Change from Baseline in Life satisfaction on the Life Satisfaction In-dex A (LSIA) at Week6(Baseline and Week6)
Investigators
Bao Huimin
postgraduates
Hangzhou Normal University