Group psychotherapy for older adults with personality disorders: effectiveness and costs
- Conditions
- Mental disorder, Personality disorder
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25581
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen, Department of Psychiatry, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Van Alphen SP, van Dijk SD, Videler AC, Rossi G, Dierckx E, Bouckaert F, Oude Voshaar RC. Personality disorders in older adults: emerging research issues. Curr Psychiatr Rep 2015;17:538.<br><br> Videler AC, Rossi G, Schoevaars M, van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, van Alphen S. Effects of schema group therapy in older outpatients: a proof of concept study. Int Psychogeriatr 2014;26:1709-1717
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Age 60 years or older.
- Cluster B or C personality or meeting the general diagnostic criteria for a personality disorder falling short one content criterion for a specific cluster B or C personality disorder.
- Severe mental illness, including current bipolar disorder, psychosis, or substance abuse disorders needing clinical detoxification.
- An established neurodegenerative disorder.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome is psychological distress, as assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory- 53 item version (BSI-53).<br>For cost-effectiveness analysis, health related quality of life is assessed with the EuroQoL; EQ-5D-5L, and medical consumption and other cost data are gathered by structured patient interview.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures are: 1) life satisfaction, 2) mental wellbeing, 3) personality functioning, 4) interoceptive body awareness, 5) psychotropic drug use and treatment received, and 6) mood variability.