Clinical trial NCT06387641: Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities
Official title: Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities：a Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Disabilities, Psychological
Keywords: meaning in life
life review
older adults
disabilities
Lead sponsor: Hangzhou Normal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-29
Enrollment: 68
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The goal of this interventional study is to learn if life review works to improve the sense of meaning in life in older adults with disabilities who live at home. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does life review enhance the sense of meaning in life of participants? Does life reviews enhance the life satisfaction of participants. Does life reviews enhance the quality of life of participants?

Researchers will compare the life review program to routine community health services to see if the life review intervention program is effective in enhancing the sense of meaning in life of older adults with disabilities who live at home.

Participants will:

Take face-to-face life review interview or routine community health service every week for 6 weeks.

Take the the questionnaire survey before and after the six-week life review intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥60 years old
* Conform to the diagnosis of disability
* Those who scored \<38 points on the Chinese version of the Meaning of Life Scale (C-MLQ)
* Conscious, able to comprehend the questionnaire, and have the ability to communicate verbally
* Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

* With cognitive impairment
* Unable to complete the questionnaire due to their physical condition
* Participated in other psychosocial interventions during the same period

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Meaning in life on the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) at Week6
timeFrame: Baseline and Week6
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Life satisfaction on the Life Satisfaction In-dex A (LSIA) at Week6
timeFrame: Baseline and Week6
measure: Change from Baseline in Quality of life on the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) at Week6
timeFrame: Baseline and Week6
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hanzhou
country: China
facility: Xixi Street Community Health Service Center
state: Zhejiang
city: Hanzhou
country: China
facility: Gongchenqiao Street Community Health Service Centre
state: Zhejiang
city: Hanzhou
country: China
facility: Baiyang Street Wenchao Community Health Centre
state: Zhejiang
city: Hanzhou
country: China
facility: School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University
state: Zhejiang
Study officials:
affiliation: School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University
name: Huimin Bao
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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