Life review therapy will have a positive effect on the level of depressive symptoms of nursing home inhabitants.
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Verkorte titel
Aandoening
- 50 % of the included elderly starts immediately with the life review therapy, the others recieve the therapy after three months (waiting list condition)
Ondersteuning
Onderzoeksproduct en/of interventie
Uitkomstmaten
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Depression (Griatric Depression Scale-8, MINI-interview) and loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale). Anxiety, HADS, autobiographical memory(AMT).
Posttreatment one or two weeks after ending intervention (4 weeks after inclusion).
Achtergrond van het onderzoek
Prevention of loneliness and depression in elderly nursing home patients living in Amsterdam using Life Review Therapy.
The aim of our study is to examine the effects of the life review therapy on depressive symptoms and feelings of loneliness in older adults living in nursing.
One hundred older adult volunteers with a clinical significant level of depressive symptoms, with normal cognitive functioning living in a nursing home near Amsterdam are included.
After verbal consent was given, participants were screened for depression. In the second week participants complete the questionnaires included in the presets. During the third to sixth week the life review therapy was carried out with the experimental group and the control group started three months later. Post testing took place at week seven or eight.
Doel van het onderzoek
Life review therapy will have a positive effect on the level of depressive symptoms of nursing home inhabitants.
Onderzoeksopzet
N/A
Onderzoeksproduct en/of interventie
Intervention: The life review consisted of autobiographical retrieval practice that entailed focusing on a particular life period each week - childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and summary. For each period 14 quesions were asked that were designedd to prompt specific memories. Examples of questions include ''What did your mother or father do one day when you were a child that astonished you?''. Intervention sessions were tape-recorded and were scored by a psychologist. At pre- and posttest the following questionnaires were administered; depressive symptoms (GDS-8), cognitive functioning (MMSE), MINI-interview (dsm-diagnoses depression and dysthymie), anxiety (HADS), loneliness (De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale), Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT), worrying (PSWQ), neuroticism (NEO-FFI-subscale), quality of life (SSWO, PMS, ''balans opmaken vragenlijst'').
Control: waiting list (after 3 months).
Publiek
Van der Boechorststraat 1
Bas Steunenberg
VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 5988703
B.Steunenberg@psy.vu.nl
Wetenschappelijk
Van der Boechorststraat 1
Bas Steunenberg
VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 5988703
B.Steunenberg@psy.vu.nl
Belangrijkste voorwaarden om deel te mogen nemen (Inclusiecriteria)
1. Age over 65;
2. Living in a nursing home;
3. Normal cognitive functioning/ no signs of dementia;
4. No pharmacological treatment.
Belangrijkste redenen om niet deel te kunnen nemen (Exclusiecriteria)
1. No or less depressive symptoms;
2. Mild or severe cognitive symptoms.
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL815 |
| NTR-old | NTR828 |
| Ander register | : N/A |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN21151711 |