Life Satisfaction and Psychopathology in Institutionalized Elderly People

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program

• Registration Number: NCT02774018
• Lead Sponsor: Irmandade da Misericórdia de Albergaria-a-Velha

Brief Summary

The present study attempted to test the benefits of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in Portuguese institutionalized elderly people, as a way to improve life satisfaction and reduce psychopathology. The sample included 12 institutionalized elderly people, with ages between 65 and 91 (M = 82.58 years; SD = 7.87), that filled several selfreport questionnaires and were assessed with Mini Mental State Examination. Participants attended to an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program (KabatZinn,1994), with 48 sessions (16 weeks) and Participants were evaluated before and after the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Primary Completion: 2015-10
• Study Completion: 2015-10
• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-18
• Status Verified: 2016-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 2016-05-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

• literacy
• age above 65 years

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of cognitive or sensorial
• impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
12 institutionalized elderly people	Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program	Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in depression levels assessed with the GDS	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	GDS; Geriatric Depression Scale; Greenberg et al., 2005
Change in anxiety levels assessed with the DASS-21	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	DASS-21; Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; Lovibond e Lovibond, 1995
Change in life satisfaction levels assessed with the SWLS	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	SWLS; Satisfaction with Life Scale; Diener et al., 1985
Change in subjective pain levels assessed with the Faces Scale	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	Faces Scale; Wong et al., 2001
Change in experiential avoidance levels assessed with the AAQ-II	Pre-test and Post-test (4 months later)	AAQ-II; Acceptance and Action Questionnaire; Bond, Hayes, Baer, Carpenter, Guenole, Orcutt, Waltz e Zettle, 2011