Psychoeducation for Older Adults with Autism
- Conditions
- Autismautism spectrum disorder10012562
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON56564
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit van Tilburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 505
Older adults aged 60 and over diagnosed with ASD no longer than 12 months
before start of the intervention by a multidisciplinary team according to the
Dutch multidisciplinary guidelines, as confirmed by the DSM-5 interview for ASD
(Spek, n.d.), or the Netherlands Interview for Diagnosis of ASD in adults
(NIDA; Vuijk, 2016).
Exclusion criteria in the first place apply to participation in the PE course.
And thus make participation in the study impossible. This concerns:
- Comorbid mental disorder that needs acute treatment and severely interferes
with a group treatment (for example psychosis).
- major neurocognitive disorder (for example dementia or acquired brain injury).
- Substance abuse disorder, that requires detoxification.
- Insufficient command of the Dutch language.
- And/or an IQ below 70.
These exclusion criteria are assessed by clinical consensus after extensive
psychiatric and psychological assessment by the multiple disciplinary team of
the participating centers. The trainers of the intervention will also judge the
presence of exclusion criteria for participants and informants at the start of
the intervention during an intake session, which is part of the intervention.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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