Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities

Bao Huimin

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Disabilities, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Routine community health services; Behavioral: Life review

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06387641

2024004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this interventional study is to learn if life review works to improve the sense of meaning in life in older adults with disabilities who live at home. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does life review enhance the sense of meaning in life of participants? Does life reviews enhance the life satisfaction of participants. Does life reviews enhance the quality of life of participants?

Researchers will compare the life review program to routine community health services to see if the life review intervention program is effective in enhancing the sense of meaning in life of older adults with disabilities who live at home.

Participants will:

Take face-to-face life review interview or routine community health service every week for 6 weeks.

Take the the questionnaire survey before and after the six-week life review intervention.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥60 years old
• Conform to the diagnosis of disability
• Those who scored <38 points on the Chinese version of the Meaning of Life Scale (C-MLQ)
• Conscious, able to comprehend the questionnaire, and have the ability to communicate verbally
• Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• With cognitive impairment
• Unable to complete the questionnaire due to their physical condition
• Participated in other psychosocial interventions during the same period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants received routine community health services only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Routine community health services

Life Review

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to regular community health services，participants receive life review interventions life review intervention once a week for 6 weeks, with each session lasting45-60 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Life review

Behavioral: Routine community health services