Short intervention targeting psychosomatic care in elderly patients with complex health care needs
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Patients with complex bio-psycho-social health care needs (according to the INTERMED for the Elderly interview)Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN79908237
- Lead Sponsor
- German Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) (Germany)
- Brief Summary
1. 2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370681 (added 21/01/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 224
Inclusion Criteria
1. Participants of the 11-year follow-up of the ESTHER study
2. IM-E interview score = 17
3. Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe cognitive disturbances
2. Psychotic disorder
3. Terminal illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measured by the SF-12, six months after randomization
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Depressive symptom severity measured by the PHQ, six months after randomization<br> 2. Somatic symptom severity measured by the PHQ, six months after randomization<br> 3. Hospitalization rate, six months after randomization<br>