Adaptation of the life review intervention *Looking for meaning* for general practice

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Depressive symptoms; gloom; 10027946

• Registration Number: NL-OMON45642
• Lead Sponsor: Trimbos-instituut

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

* The participant is over 65 years old;
* The participant shows depressive symptoms (score ranging between 5-25 on the CES-D scale)
* The participant is community dwelling;
* The participant speaks the Dutch language;
* The participant is willing to sincerely participate in group activities including both reviewing life and participating in creative assignments.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with signs of a major clinical depression (a score greater than or equal to 25 on the CES-D);
* Patients with too little depressive symptoms (CES-D score < 5);
* Patients who already receive psychotropic or psychological treatment for depression;
* Patients with major cognitive limitations;
* Patients who are suicidal;
* Patients with severe hearing and visual impairments despite the use of devices.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary outcomes are the differences in depressive symptoms (primary<br /><br>outcome), anxiety, psychological wellbeing and mastery (secondary outcomes) as<br /><br>reported by the older adults before and after the LFM intervention. Another<br /><br>important endpoint of this study is the feasibility and acceptability of the<br /><br>adapted LFM course. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Therefore, secondary outcome measures in this study are:<br /><br>- Anxiety symptoms, measured with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale-Anxiety<br /><br>subscale (HADS-A).<br /><br>- Psychological wellbeing, measured with the Dutch version of the Philidelphia<br /><br>Geriatric Center Morale Scale (PFCMS) which consists of 17 items (Lawton,<br /><br>1975).<br /><br>- Mastery, measured with the Dutch version of the Pearling Mastery Scale<br /><br>(Pearlin & Schooler, 1978) which consists of 5 items. </p><br>