Clinical trial NCT03851016: Life Story Book With Mentally Alert Residents of Nursing Homes
Official title: The Effectiveness of Life Story Book on Depression and Meaning in Life for Mentally Alert Residents of Nursing Homes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depressive Symptoms
Quality of Life
Lead sponsor: University of Houston
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-02-22
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 57
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: A switching replication design was employed to examine the effects of the Life Story Book (LSB). Two comparable nursing homes were allocated to each intervention. Participants in each nursing home received the same intervention at the same time.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to study the effects of the Life Story Book intervention on depressive symptoms and meaning in life for mentally alert residents of nursing homes.

Detailed description: Two nursing homes were recruited to participate. One nursing home will receive the Life Story Book intervention while the other half receives Usual Care intervention. The interventions were then switched, and the participants who received Usual Care intervention received the Life Story Book intervention while the home that received Life Story Book intervention received Usual Care intervention. The study consisted of two treatment periods of 3 weeks separated by a washout period of 1 week.

Life Story Book provides a person with the opportunity to chronologically share their life experiences and memories. This three-1 hour reminiscence intervention is designed to provide a person with the opportunity to review their past and capture their life story into something tangible. The Life Story Book includes a combination of written information, photographs of significant people, places or events, and personal narratives from the stages of life that the person would like to include.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Ability to speak English
* A resident of the nursing home
* A score of 4 or higher on the Six-Item Screener

Exclusion Criteria:

* A score of 4 or higher on the Six-item Screener

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline in Mean Scores for Geriatric Depression Scale at 3 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and 3 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Mean Scores for Meaning in Life Questionnaire Sub-Scale Presence of Meaning (POM) at 3 Weeks.
timeFrame: Baseline and 3 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Mean Scores for Meaning in Life Questionnaire Sub-Scale Search for Meaning (SFM) at 3 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and 3 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Sharpview Residence and Rehabilitation Center
state: Texas
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Cambridge Health Rehab Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Houston
name: Theresa C Chrisman, LMSW
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Houston
name: Allen Rubin, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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