Clinical trial NCT06842628: Savor-Aging: the Art of Savoring Positive Emotions
Official title: Promoting Positive Emotions and Savoring in the Elderly Through an Online Self-help Intervention: a Controlled Study.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging Well
Positive Affect
Keywords: Savoring
Positive Aging
Positive Emotions
Positive Technology
Self-help
Lead sponsor: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-24
Enrollment: 46
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is part of the larger project to promote positive aging (PNRR Age-IT Project) in the elderly through the amplification of positive experiences and emotions. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effects in terms of effectiveness of the "Savoring: the art of savoring positive emotions project", which is a self-help e-savoring training aimed at increasing psychological and subjective well-being in elderly participants. As secondary goals, this study aims to decrease depression and feelings of loneliness. An additional objective is to investigate user experience regarding the online protocol. A between-subjects design will be used.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age over 60
* Adequate understanding of the Italian language
* Possession of a technological tool to be able to access the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a score below 26 on the MMSE that will be administered by telephone (Itel-MMSE) before division into the two groups. The Itel-MMSE scores will be converted into MMSE scores.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
timeFrame: This questionnaire will be administered in T0 (baseline), T1 (post intervention - after 3 weeks) and T2 (one-month follow up).
measure: Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences (SPANE)
timeFrame: This questionnaire will be administered in T0 (baseline), T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks) and T2 (one-month follow-up).
measure: Flourishing Scale (FS)
timeFrame: his questionnaire will be administered in stages T0 (baseline), T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks) and T2 (one-month follow-up)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: DeJong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
timeFrame: This instrument will be administered in T0 (baseline), T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks) and T2 (one-month follow-up).
measure: Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression Scale (CES-D)
timeFrame: This scale will be administered in T0 (baseline), T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks) and T2 (one-month follow up).
measure: Perceived Usefulness and Pleasantness of the Exercises
timeFrame: Immediately after each of the 6 activities of the training
measure: User Experience
timeFrame: This questionnaire will be administered at T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks from baseline).
measure: Perceived Usefulness of the Training
timeFrame: This questionnaire will be administered at T1 (post-intervention - after 3 weeks from baseline).
measure: Usefulness and Pleasantness of the exercises when the training is completed
timeFrame: These items will be administered at T2 (one-month follow-up).
measure: Frequency of Use of the exercises learned during the training
timeFrame: This item will be administred in T2 (one-month follow - up).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Milan
country: Italy
facility: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Study officials:
References:
citation: Villani D, Pancini E, Pesce F, Scuzzarella L. Savoring life during pandemic: an online intervention to promote well-being in emerging adults. BMC Psychol. 2023 Jul 4;11(1):196. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01225-z.
citation: Salces-Cubero IM, Ramirez-Fernandez E, Ortega-Martinez AR. Strengths in older adults: differential effect of savoring, gratitude and optimism on well-being. Aging Ment Health. 2019 Aug;23(8):1017-1024. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2018.1471585. Epub 2018 May 21.
citation: Gaggioli A, Villani D, Serino S, Banos R, Botella C. Editorial: Positive Technology: Designing E-experiences for Positive Change. Front Psychol. 2019 Jul 9;10:1571. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01571. eCollection 2019. No abstract available.
citation: Bryant FB, Osowski KA, Smith JL. Gratitude as a Mediator of the Effects of Savoring on Positive Adjustment to Aging. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2021 Apr;92(3):275-300. doi: 10.1177/0091415020919999. Epub 2020 May 5.