Remotely Administered Resilience- and Wisdom-Focused Intervention to Reduce Perceived Stress and Loneliness: Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial in Older Adults.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 31(1): 58-64, 2023 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1936691
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Older adults are vulnerable to perceived stress and loneliness, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We previously reported inverse relationships between loneliness/perceived stress and wisdom/resilience. There are few evidence-based tele-health interventions for older adults. We tested a new remotely-administered manualized resilience- and wisdom-focused behavioral intervention to reduce perceived stress and loneliness in older adults.METHODS:
This pilot controlled clinical trial used a multiple-phase-change single-case experimental design, with three successive 6-week phases control, intervention, and follow-up periods. The intervention included six once-a-week one-hour sessions. Participants were 20 adults >65 years, without dementia.RESULTS:
All 20 participants completed every session. The study indicated feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. While the sample was too small for demonstrating efficacy, there was a reduction (small-to-medium effect size) in perceived stress and loneliness, and increase in resilience, happiness, and components of wisdom and positive perceptions of aging.CONCLUSION:
These preliminary data support feasibility, acceptability, and possible efficacy of a remotely-administered resilience- and wisdom-focused intervention in older adults to reduce stress and loneliness.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Loneliness
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Journal subject:
Geriatrics
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Psychiatry
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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