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Effectiveness of Screening and Counselling for Elderly With Psychological Problems

NCT00283270 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2006-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to test whether screening followed by brief problem-solving counselling in primary care could improve the quality of life of elderly patients with undiagnosed psychological problems. We hypothesize that undiagnosed psychological problems detectable by screening are common in the elderly and brief counselling could improve the quality of life of these patients.

Conditions

  • Mental Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief counselling

BEHAVIORAL

Behavior

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Health Care and promotion Fund, the Governement of the Hong Kong SAR.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cindy L Lam, MD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Completion
2005-08-31

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