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Life Satisfaction and Psychopathology in Institutionalized Elderly People

I

Irmandade da Misericórdia de Albergaria-a-Velha

Status

Completed

Conditions

Anxiety Depression (Mild or Not Persistent)

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02774018
01_PSI_MINDFULNESS

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65 to 95 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • literacy
  • age above 65 years

Exclusion criteria

  • presence of cognitive or sensorial
  • impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

12 participants in 1 patient group

12 institutionalized elderly people
Experimental group
Description:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program

Trial contacts and locations

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