Clinical trial NCT06381037: Quality of Life and Psychological Strengths of Older People
Official title: Quality of Life and Psychological Strengths of Older People: Assessment and Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life
Skills, Coping
Keywords: Elderly
Quality of life
Strengths
Lead sponsor: CEU San Pablo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-24
Enrollment: 110
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Quantitative, observational and longitudinal study with three measurements (pre-intervention, post-intervention and monitoring).
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: As the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) overspreads around the world, and scientists try to elucidate about the complexity of the virus, there is clear potential for it to become a long-lasting global illness. In this picture, Spain has emerged as one of the most affected countries with a high prevalence rate. The possibility of illness or even death, the uncertainty of the future, or the required physical estrangement, make this epidemic a highly stressful situation with potential long-term consequences on the physical and psychological wellbeing of the population, just isolation raises the probability of health problems like depression and anxiety. However, the same event does not affect everybody equally. The ultimate effect of a stressor will depend on its appraisal as a threat and the resources the person counts on to copy and several biopsychosocial variables could play an important role, as risk or protective factors.

Detailed description: The intervention program "How to improve your strengths and quality of life" consists of 8 individual sessions. The sessions take place weekly, so the total duration of the program is 8 weeks. Each session lasts approximately 1 hour. The sessions will be held both in person and online.

Following the principles of the psychoeducational therapy and Positive Psychology, this program is focused on the enhancement of personal strengths and quality of life of the elderly. Specifically, during the sessions, the following topics will be worked on: resilience, gratitude, acceptance, family functioning and quality of life in its different dimensions (control, autonomy, pleasure and self-fulfillment).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be at least 60 years of age.
* Residing in Spain.
* Not having a diagnosed neurological disease or severe psychopathological disorder, or other ailment that is incompatible with the understanding of the questionnaires or the intervention program.
* Acceptance and signature of the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Do not comply with the established age range.
* Present an ailment that makes them unable to respond to the questionnaire.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Psychological wellbeing
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Loneliness
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Anxiety and depression Anxiety and depression
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Gratitude
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Experiential acceptance
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Resilience
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
measure: Family functioning
timeFrame: Through study completion, and average of 4 years.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Alcorcón
country: Spain
facility: San Pablo CEU University (Campus Montepríncipe)
state: Madrid
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