Clinical trial NCT06881914: Enhancing Life Quality in Community-Dwelling Older Omanis by Telling Their Life Story
Official title: Enhancing Life Quality in Community-dwelling Older Omanis by Telling Their Life Story and Creating Life-story Book
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy Older Adults
Keywords: Depression
Life satifaction
Quality of life
Older adults
Lead sponsor: Sultan Qaboos University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-18
Enrollment: 75
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Intervention group: There were 5 sessions for the intervention group. All sessions took place in the participant's home. In the first 4 sessions, the participant was asked to share their childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and current stage. Transcripts were prepared and compiled following the completion of the interviews. Before printing, participants were asked to add their selected pictures to the life-story book. In the 5th session, they received their life story-story books. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores.

Control group: The control group had 5 sessions, and participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores were collected at each interview only.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study investigates whether sharing life stories and creating life-story books can enhance the quality of life and life satisfaction and reduce depression in older adults. The primary research question is:

Did the quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression improve more for participants in the intervention group compared to those in the control group?

Participants will be divided into two groups:

* Intervention group: These participants will share life stories and create life-story books.
* Control group: These participants will not share life stories or create life-story books.

Detailed description: Background: The main goal of this study is to investigate whether telling their life stories and developing a life-story book intervention affects a group of Omani older adults' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression symptoms.

Methods: In Oman, a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures was conducted to evaluate the impact of the intervention. 75 older individuals were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n = 38) or the control group (n = 37). Baseline demographic data were collected as an initial reference point. To comprehensively assess changes over time, participants' depression levels, life satisfaction, and overall quality of life were measured at multiple time points: weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8. This longitudinal design allowed for a nuanced analysis of intervention effects across different implementation phases.

This study believes that participants in the 8-week trial of the life-story review intervention were successful in reducing depression and improving life satisfaction and quality of life in the older population. Healthcare professionals can use such interventions to enhance older persons' mental health and well-being.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 60-90;
* depressive symptoms score between 5 and 10;
* able to sign the consent form;
* able to speak Arabic or English;
* able to communicate without the need for a hearing aid.

Exclusion Criteria:

* using hypnotics, sedatives, antidepressants, anticholinergics, antihistamines, tranquilizers, or melatonin for sleep;
* having a medical diagnosis of Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or a serious mental problem;
* Participants assigned to the intervention group who did not want to be audio recorded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in the depression scores (GDS-15) at 8 weeks
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in the life satisfaction score at 8 weeks
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in the quality of life score at 8 weeks
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Muscat
country: Oman
facility: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Muscat, Oman
name: Moon Fai Chan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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