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Note: This record shows only the 20 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Register:
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Netherlands Trial Register |
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Last refreshed on:
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28 April 2013 |
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Main ID: |
NTR828 |
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Date of registration:
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04/12/2006 |
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Public title:
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Prevention of loneliness and depression in elderly nursing home patients living in Amsterdam using Life Review Therapy.
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Scientific title:
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Prevention of loneliness and depression in elderly nursing home patients living in Amsterdam using Life Review Therapy. - N/A |
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Date of first enrolment:
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1/2/2007 |
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Target sample size:
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100 |
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Recruitment status: |
complete |
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URL:
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http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=828 |
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Study type:
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intervention |
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Study design:
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Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized
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Countries of recruitment
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The Netherlands
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Contacts
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Name:
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Bas
Steunenberg |
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Address:
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VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
, VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
1081 BT
Amsterdam
The Netherlands |
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Telephone:
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+31 (0)20 5988703 |
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Email:
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B.Steunenberg@psy.vu.nl |
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Affiliation:
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Name:
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Bas
Steunenberg |
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Address:
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VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
, VU University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Psychology
Van der Boechorststraat 1
1081 BT
Amsterdam
The Netherlands |
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Telephone:
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+31 (0)20 5988703 |
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Email:
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B.Steunenberg@psy.vu.nl |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: 1. Age over 65;
2. Living in a nursing home;
3. Normal cognitive functioning/ no signs of dementia;
4. No pharmacological treatment.
Exclusion criteria: 1. No or less depressive symptoms;
2. Mild or severe cognitive symptoms.
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Age maximum:
Gender:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Depressive symptoms
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Intervention(s)
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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).
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Primary Outcome(s)
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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).
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Analysing the influence of covariates on the outcome of the life review therapy (neuroticism (NEO-FFI), worrying (PSWQ-11), quality of life)/mastery (PMS).
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Secondary ID(s)
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ISRCTN21151711
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N/A
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Stichting Nuts Ohra
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