Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities

May 8, 2024 updated by: Bao Huimin

Effects of Life Review Intervention on Meaning in Life Among Older Adults With Disabilities：a Randomised Controlled Trial

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.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

68

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
    • Zhejiang
      • Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310012
        • Xixi Street Community Health Service Center
      • Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310015
        • Gongchenqiao Street Community Health Service Centre
      • Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310018
        • Baiyang Street Wenchao Community Health Centre
      • Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China, 311121
        • School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control
Participants received routine community health services only.
Behavioral: Routine community health services

Routine community health services refer to a comprehensive health care service system that is government-led, community-participated, and guided by superior health institutions. It focuses on grass-roots health institutions and is staffed with general practitioners as the backbone. By rationally utilizing community resources, it provides a series of comprehensive health care services to community residents. These services center on human health, target families as the unit, cover the entire community, and aim to meet the basic health service needs of community residents.

Specifically, routine community health services include the following aspects: Health Education, Prevention and Control, Health Care Services and so on.
Experimental: Life Review
In addition to regular community health services，participants receive life review interventions life review intervention once a week for 6 weeks, with each session lasting45-60 minutes.
Behavioral: Routine community health services

Routine community health services refer to a comprehensive health care service system that is government-led, community-participated, and guided by superior health institutions. It focuses on grass-roots health institutions and is staffed with general practitioners as the backbone. By rationally utilizing community resources, it provides a series of comprehensive health care services to community residents. These services center on human health, target families as the unit, cover the entire community, and aim to meet the basic health service needs of community residents.

Specifically, routine community health services include the following aspects: Health Education, Prevention and Control, Health Care Services and so on.

Behavioral: Life review
Life review is a process that involves a thorough examination and reflection on one's past experiences, memories, and life events. This process often involves the identification and examination of significant themes, patterns, and lessons learned throughout one's lifespan. Through life review, individuals can gain a deeper understanding of their own identity, values, and beliefs, and how these have shaped their present circumstances and future outlooks. It can serve as a tool for personal growth, self-discovery, and the promotion of a sense of meaning and purpose in life.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Baseline in Meaning in life on the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) at Week6
Time Frame: Baseline and Week6
The MLQ is a validated self-reported instrument assessing for sense of meaning in life, with 10 items and 2 dimensions, using a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from "totally disagree" to "totally agree" on a scale of 1-7, with a total score of 10-70, with higher scores indicating a higher level of sense of meaning in life.
Baseline and Week6

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Baseline in Life satisfaction on the Life Satisfaction In-dex A (LSIA) at Week6
Time Frame: Baseline and Week6
LSIA is a validated self-reported instrument assessing for life satisfaction. This scale has a total score of 20, with higher scores indicating greater life satisfaction.
Baseline and Week6
Change from Baseline in Quality of life on the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) at Week6
Time Frame: Baseline and Week6
SF-12 is a validated self-reported instrument assessing for Quality of life. A total of 12 entries covering 8 dimensions in two areas, with a higher total score representing a higher quality of life.
Baseline and Week6

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Bao Huimin

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Huimin Bao, School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 25, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 23, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 8, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2024004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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