Pleasant activities for well-being (PAW): Behavioural Activation in Residential Aged Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depressive symptoms; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000955112
• Lead Sponsor: ational Aging Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-06-12
• Study Start: 2019-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 22 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

Aged Care Residents:
Adult aged 65 or over who was a full-time resident in one of three Benatas aged care facilities in the Melbourne region, VIC, Australia. They were also required to have at least mild symptoms of depression, defined as a score of at least 6 on the PHQ-9.

Healthy volunteers, delivering the Behavioural activation intervention:
Healthy adult volunteers were required to be aged 18 or over, and were screened for suitability by the aged care facility.

Exclusion Criteria

Resident participants: Presence of a medically diagnosed severe cognitive impairment; non-English language.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability: On completion of the study, participants were asked to indicate their satisfaction with the intervention on visual analogue scale from 1 (least satisfied) to 10 (most satisfied).[Post intervention (8-weeks)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Resident's positive well-being. Measured with the 8-item Flourishing Scale. [Post intervention (8-weeks)];Resident's symptoms of anxiety: Measured using the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Questionnaire[Post intervention (8 weeks)];Volunteer's positive well-being, measured with the 8-item Flourishing scale. [Post intervention (8 weeks)];Resident's depressive symptoms, measured using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire[Post intervention (8 weeks)]