The effectiveness of looking for meaning, a life-review course for elderly with depressive symptoms. A randomised controlled trial.
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN66645855 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN66645855 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | NTR541 |
- Submission date
- 14/02/2006
- Registration date
- 14/02/2006
- Last edited
- 17/08/2009
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr A.M. Pot
Scientific
Scientific
Trimbos-institute
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction
P.O. Box 725
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
| ampot@trimbos.nl |
Study information
| Study design | Multicentre randomised single blind active controlled parallel group trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Quality of life |
| Scientific title | |
| Study objectives | Looking for meaning leads to a significant reduction of depressive symptoms and a significant enhancement of wellbeing, meaning in life and quality of life with elderly with depressive symptoms in comparison to a no treatment control group. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Received from local medical ethics committee |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Depressive symptoms |
| Intervention | The course looking for meaning is the intervention. It is a group-oriented intervention of twelve sessions of two hours, conducted in groups of about ten participants. Based on certain themes, in this intervention participants are invited to take memories from their own lives. The special thing about the course is that reminiscence is linked to creative assignments. Imagination and creativity are viewed as important keys to perceived meaning, competencies and well-being. Via targeted questions, participants evaluate and re-evaluate their own lives. The control group receive no treatment. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | 1. Depressive symptoms (Centre of Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale [CES-D], Bouma, Ranchor, Sanderman and van Sonderen 1995) 2. Well-being (Well-being Scale, Ryff and Keyes, 1995) 3. Perceived meaning (SELE Scale, Dittmann-Kohli and Westerhof 1997) 4. Quality of life (EuroQol Group 1990) |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Mastery (Pearlin Mastery Scale, Pearlin and Schooler 1978) 2. Social support (van Sonderen et al. 1989) 3. Personality structure (NEO-FFI) 4. Demographic variables and important life events |
| Overall study start date | 01/11/2005 |
| Completion date | 01/11/2007 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Senior |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 360 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Elderly people above the age of 55 with slight to moderate depressive symptoms. |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. People with severe depressive symptoms and a CES-D score higher than 24 2. The absence of depressive symptoms, a score lower than 5 on the CES-D 3. People being treated elsewhere (with medication) when they register 4. People unable to function in a group |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/11/2005 |
| Date of final enrolment | 01/11/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Netherlands
Study participating centre
Trimbos-institute
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
3500 AS
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Netherlands)
Research organisation
Research organisation
P.O. Box 725
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
| Phone | +31 (0)30 2971100 |
|---|---|
| info@trimbos.nl | |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/02amggm23 |
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (Netherlands)
Private sector organisation / Other non-profit organizations
Private sector organisation / Other non-profit organizations
- Alternative name(s)
- Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
- Location
- Netherlands
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 13/06/2008 | Yes | No |
