Clinical trial NCT05308082: Programme Evaluation on Effectiveness of The Use of Movement-based x 'Elderspirituality - Fu Le Mun Sum' Intervention to Support Elderly People With Depressive Symptoms
Official title: Programme Evaluation on Effectiveness of The Use of Movement-based x 'Elderspirituality - Fu Le Mun Sum' Intervention to Support Elderly People With Depressive Symptoms
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depression in Old Age
Keywords: Depression
Dance Movement Therapy
Depressive symptoms
Older adults
Elderly
Ageing
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
First posted: 2022-04-01
Enrollment: 135
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 95
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: It is proposed that a total of 140 participants will be recruited, with 70 assigned to the intervention group, and 70 to the active control group. For the active control group, health talk will be delivered to participants which will match the length of contact and interval of contact of that in the intervention group. For the intervention group, dance movement therapy will be delivered on a regular basis.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Depression is one of the most common mood disorders in old age, and yet it is frequently under-detected and under-treated. Adopting a train-the-trainer approach, this project intends to utilize the dance movement therapy (DMT), as intervention, to support elderly people with depressive symptoms.

Detailed description: In the present project, two evaluation studies will be conducted. The first study will evaluate the effectiveness of a train-the-trainer approach provided to frontline art development officers who will subsequently conduct interventions for the elderly. A participatory train-the-trainer approach will be adopted to develop a new intervention protocol by integrating body-movement therapeutic elements and a spiritual well-being enhancement group. In the second study, a quasi-experimental design will be adopted to examine the effectiveness of the Movement-based x 'Elderspirituality - Fu Le Mun Sum' intervention to support elderly people with depressive symptoms.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 60 or above
* physical mobility of at least the limbs and body
* sufficient visual and auditory abilities to complete assessments
* with a clinical diagnosis of depression or with depressive symptoms (measured as the sum of 4 dichotomous items of the Geriatric Depression Scale)

Exclusion Criteria:

- a clinical diagnosis of severe illness that led to neurological deficits which limits the participation during the intervention

Primary outcomes:
measure: Spirituality Scale for Chinese Elders (SSCE)
timeFrame: 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15)
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: The 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L)
timeFrame: 4 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Sau Po Centre on Ageing
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
name: Vivian W. Q. Lou, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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