The effectiveness of looking for meaning, a life-review course for elderly with depressive symptoms. A randomised controlled trial.

Completed

• Conditions: Depressive symptoms; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depressive episode

• Registration Number: ISRCTN66645855
• Lead Sponsor: Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

Elderly people above the age of 55 with slight to moderate depressive symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria

1. People with severe depressive symptoms and a CES-D score higher than 24
2. The absence of depressive symptoms, a score lower than 5 on the CES-D
3. People being treated elsewhere (with medication) when they register
4. People unable to function in a group

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Depressive symptoms (Centre of Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale [CES-D], Bouma, Ranchor, Sanderman and van Sonderen 1995)<br>2. Well-being (Well-being Scale, Ryff and Keyes, 1995)<br>3. Perceived meaning (SELE Scale, Dittmann-Kohli and Westerhof 1997)<br>4. Quality of life (EuroQol Group 1990)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Mastery (Pearlin Mastery Scale, Pearlin and Schooler 1978)<br>2. Social support (van Sonderen et al. 1989)<br>3. Personality structure (NEO-FFI)<br>4. Demographic variables and important life events