UNASSIGNED: @entity308 in older adults erodes their health, quality of life and the economy. Existing interventions are not feasible for broad application at the community. Postcard intervention only requires a few resources, and previous studies have shown its effectiveness for @entity1 following drug @entity1445 , self-harm and hospitalisation for major @entity308 . The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a postcard intervention. @entity1 were community-dwelling individuals, aged 65 or older, who eat meals alone and with the score of 4 or higher on the 15-item Geriatric @entity308 Scale (GDS-15). We enrolled 184 eligible @entity1 , with 93 in the intervention and 91 in the control arm. Postcards were sent to @entity1 once a month for eight months. Primary outcome was the GDS-15 score at post-intervention. Secondary outcomes were quality of life and activities of daily living. There was no significant difference in primary and secondary outcomes between completers of the intervention and the control arm. However, most of the @entity1 who received intervention thought the intervention was effective. The postcard intervention for @entity308 in community-dwelling elderly @entity1 in Japan is neither feasible nor effective. However, the descriptive results suggest that the intervention may be effective given different parameters.

Postcard intervention for XXXX in community-dwelling older adults: A randomised controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Participants', 'people'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depression'] @entity1445 :: ('MESH:D062787', 'Disease') :: ['overdose']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['depression']
