Prevention of loneliness and depression in elderly nursing home patients living in Amsterdam using Life Review Therapy.
Completed
- Conditions
- - 50 % of the included elderly starts immediately with the life review therapy, the others recieve the therapy after three months (waiting list condition)
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age over 65;
2. Living in a nursing home;
Exclusion Criteria
1. No or less depressive symptoms;
2. Mild or severe cognitive symptoms.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression (Griatric Depression Scale-8, MINI-interview) and loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale). Anxiety, HADS, autobiographical memory(AMT).<br>Posttreatment one or two weeks after ending intervention (4 weeks after inclusion).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Analysing the influence of covariates on the outcome of the life review therapy (neuroticism (NEO-FFI), worrying (PSWQ-11), quality of life)/mastery (PMS).