A randomized controlled trial for the effectiveness of the postcard intervention against depression among community-dwelling older adults
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- depression
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000010529
- Lead Sponsor
- Field medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be excluded if they cannot understand and sign the informed consent form. Those who currently reside in a hospital or institution will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The changes in the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale scores
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method self-rated QOL as evaluated by visual analogue scales, self-rated basic ADL, and self-rated advanced ADL, The subjective sense of effectiveness of the intervention, recollection of the number of intervention mailings received, and the number of mailed replies will be evaluated to measure acceptability of the postcard intervention