Developing Evidence-Based Interventions for Older Adults with Depression and Anxiety in Inpatient Services: A Feasibility Study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety; Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000998741
• Lead Sponsor: Macquarie University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Aged 65 years or older; anxiety and/or depression is the main interfering problem according to the inpatient service intake assessment; has capacity to provide informed consent for participation. Participants must be an inpatient in one of the participating hospitals (Greenwich or Braeside Hospitals). The participant will also have sufficient English literacy.

Exclusion Criteria

English language illiteracy, current psychotic or manic episode, drug/alcohol dependence, significant uncorrected hearing loss and likely moderate to severe dementia based as assessed by clinical staff. Co-morbidity with other psychiatric diagnose (with the exception of psychotic or bipolar disorder) is allowed in order to establish a clinically relevant, broadly representative sample. Patients who are currently receiving care under the Mental Health Act may be eligible to participate when their status change to voluntary patients.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility, as indicated by 1) recruitment of 80% of the target sample size (40 participants) in a six-month recruitment period, as indicated by audit of attendance records and 2) intention to continue the program post the research trial by inpatient staff as assessed by study-specific questionnaire.[At the end of the trial. ];Patient-reported acceptability of the Ageing Wisely Inpatient Program collected at the end of each session via self-report measure designed specifically for this study.<br>[Immediately after each session.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in psychological distress symptom severity on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale – Severity (self-report).[At discharge and 3-month follow-up.];Change in depression symptom severity on the Geriatric Depression Scale – Severity (self-report).[At discharge and 3-month follow-up.];Change in anxiety symptom severity on the Geriatric Anxiety Scale – Severity (self-report).[At discharge and 3-month follow-up.];Acceptability of the Inpatient Ageing Wisely Program, as indicated by completion rates of the modules. Data on module completion rates will be collected using session attendance checklists.[Immediately after last participant completed treatment.]