The Effect of group play therapy on depression and loneliness among the elderly

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Conditions: Condition 1: loneliness. Condition 2: depression.

Registration Number: IRCT20170619034650N1

Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

: Age 60 and above; willingness to participate in the study; written consent for participation in the research; ability to communicate with the researcher; Obtaining a score of at least 7 from a short-cognitive questionnaire; lack of visual and hearing impairment to an extent that causes activity impairment; non-use of antidepressants during the study; absence of acute and chronic disabling diseases such as kidney disease, cancer, and insufficiency Heart failure and lack of mental disorders; minimal depression (obtaining a score of at least 5 from the depression scale of the elderly); feeling lonely (obtaining a score of at least 21 from the loneliness scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Refuse to participate in the study and collaborate with the researcher; Missing more than 3 sessions at meetings; The deaths of research units; Acute illness or hospitalization during the study.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression. Timepoint: Before and after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Geriatric depression scale.;Loneliness. Timepoint: Before and after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Loneliness questionnaire (UCLA ver3).

Secondary Outcome Measures