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A Trial on the Effectiveness of Screening and Brief Problem-Solving Therapy (PST) for Elderly Patients With Psychological Problems

NCT00863031 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 299

Last updated 2009-03-17

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Summary

The aim of this study was to determine whether screening followed by brief PSC provided by primary care doctors could improve the quality of life of elderly patients with unrecognized psychological problems in primary care. The following hypotheses were tested:

1. Elderly patients screened positive of psychological problems had poorer health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than those who were screened negative.
2. Primary care doctors could be trained to provide brief PST.
3. Brief PST by a trained primary care doctor could improve the HRQOL of the elderly who were screened positive for psychological problems.

Conditions

  • Undiagnosed Psychological Problems

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

problem-solving therapy

Three sessions of problem-solving therapy at week 1, 3 and 5.

BEHAVIORAL

Video-viewing

Three sessions of viewing health educational videos.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Care and Promotion Fund, Government of the Hong Kong SAR

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cindy L.K. Lam, MD · Family Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2006-06-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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