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Efficacy of Narrative Therapy for Older People With Depression

NCT07371988 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2026-04-24

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Summary

The research aims to investigate the efficacy of a narrative therapy group in reducing depressive symptoms among older people.

This study adopts a mixed methods research design, involving both quantitative and qualitative approaches. In the quantitative study, a randomised controlled trial will compare a narrative therapy group with a waitlist control group to determine whether an eight-session narrative therapy group can reduce depressive symptoms in older people. The eight-session narrative therapy group will be delivered by a trained and experienced social worker or counsellor, and intervention outcomes will be assessed before and after the intervention using a standardised assessment tool for depressive symptoms. The qualitative study aims to examine the benefits, advantages, and limitations of the narrative therapy group from the users' perspective.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative therapy group

Narrative therapy group consists of 8 sessions, with one session will be conducted per week, with each session lasting for about 90 minutes. A social worker and a counsellor will be recruited to run narrative groups at collaborative elderly centres. The narrative therapy group provides the following intervention strategies: engagement, de-construction, re-construction, and co-construction of personal identities. A standardized program manual of this narrative group will be developed by the research team. The social workers delivering the narrative therapy group in this project will receive the program manuals, training and supervision from the project team and an experienced clinical psychologist to ensure that the intervention groups follow the program manual.

OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Waitlist control group will receive will receive treatment as usual provided by the elderly centre, including recreational activities and interest classes, at the initial stage and will receive a brief narrative therapy program at a later stage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • City University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kim-wan Daniel Young, PhD · City University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-10
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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