Life Satisfaction and Psychopathology in Institutionalized Elderly People

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)

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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