Constructive Emotional Management Interventions

NCT05920057 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1512023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Emotional dysregulation is considered a phenotypic finding that has a purported impact on older adults' peace of mind. In this venue, employing constructive emotional management intervention is one of the breakthroughs that has been empirically targeted to restore positive emotional states and strengthen mental clarity in the geriatric population. Aim: to determine the effect of constructive emotional management interventions on emotional regulation difficulties and peace of mind among older adults. Design: The present study adopted a quasi-experimental methodological approach.

Conditions

Emotional Regulation; Peace of Mind; Older Adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mini-Mental State Examination Scale (MMES)

  3 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• II) Geriatric Depression Scale- Short Form (GDS-SF)

  3 month

Other Outcomes (2)

• III) Brief Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale: The DERS-16

  3 month

• IV) The Peace of Mind Scale: PoM

  3 month

Study Arms (2)

interventional group

EXPERIMENTAL

senior citizens aged 60 and more were randomly assigned into two equal groups at and placed in the study group, which received the constructive emotional management interventions

Behavioral: constructive emotional management interventions

control group

NO INTERVENTION

the control group, which received the elderly clubs' regular services

Interventions

constructive emotional management interventions BEHAVIORAL

The Constructive emotional management interventions sessions were conducted in the activity rooms of the elderly clubs where the researchers met the participants. Participants completed a baseline evaluation of the outcome measures of the researched variables after being found to be eligible for the current study and indicating their willingness to participate willingly. After explaining the study's objectives to participants, the researchers themselves delivered the Constructive Emotional Management Interventions program, which had been vetted by experts in the field.

interventional group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \. Did not have depression, according to the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS SF), which has a 0 to 4 score range.
• \. Difficulties with emotional regulation: a score of 17 or higher on the Brief Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale: The DERS-16.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Alexandria University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Faculty of Nursing

Alexandria, 21523, Egypt

Location

Faculty of Nursing

Alexandria, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2023
• First Posted: June 27, 2023
• Study Start: January 22, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2023
• Study Completion: March 30, 2023
• Last Updated: June 27, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Locations

EG (2)