Healthy Older AdultsNCT06881914
Enhancing Life Quality in Community-Dwelling Older Omanis by Telling Their Life Story
A study testing Intervention group: in people with Healthy Older Adults, run by Sultan Qaboos University at 1 site in Oman.
Trial summary
This study investigates whether sharing life stories and creating life-story books can enhance the quality of life and life satisfaction and reduce depression in older adults. The primary research question is: Did the quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression improve more for participants in the… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 60 to 90 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthy Older Adults
- What is being tested?
- Intervention group:
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 75 participants
- Where
- 1 siteOman
- Study dates
- 1 Oct 2021to 31 Dec 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 60 to 90 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- aged 60-90;
- depressive symptoms score between 5 and 10;
- able to sign the consent form;
- able to speak Arabic or English;
- able to communicate without the need for a hearing aid.
Who cannot join
- using hypnotics, sedatives, antidepressants, anticholinergics, antihistamines, tranquilizers, or melatonin for sleep;
- having a medical diagnosis of Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or a serious mental problem;
- Participants assigned to the intervention group who did not want to be audio recorded.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Enhancing Life Quality in Community-dwelling Older Omanis by Telling Their Life Story and Creating Life-story Book
This study investigates whether sharing life stories and creating life-story books can enhance the quality of life and life satisfaction and reduce depression in older adults. The primary research question is:
Did the quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression improve more for participants in the intervention group compared to those in the control group?
Participants will be divided into two groups:
- Intervention group: These participants will share life stories and create life-story books.
- Control group: These participants will not share life stories or create life-story books.
Read the detailed description
Background: The main goal of this study is to investigate whether telling their life stories and developing a life-story book intervention affects a group of Omani older adults' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression symptoms.
Methods: In Oman, a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures was conducted to evaluate the impact of the intervention. 75 older individuals were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n = 38) or the control group (n = 37). Baseline demographic data were collected as an initial reference point. To comprehensively assess changes over time, participants' depression levels, life satisfaction, and overall quality of life were measured at multiple time points: weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8. This longitudinal design allowed for a nuanced analysis of intervention effects across different implementation phases.
This study believes that participants in the 8-week trial of the life-story review intervention were successful in reducing depression and improving life satisfaction and quality of life in the older population. Healthcare professionals can use such interventions to enhance older persons' mental health and well-being.
- Conditions
- Healthy Older Adults
- Being tested
- Intervention group:
- Keywords
- Depression, Life satifaction, Quality of life, Older adults
- Medical subject headings
- Depression
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Intervention group:Behavioural
There were 5 sessions for the intervention group. All sessions took place in the participant's home. The first 4th sessions involved participant sharing a particular time of their life event, such as childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and the current stage. Transcripts were prepared and compiled following the completion of the interviews. The participants will proofread their life-story book before sending it for printing. In the 5th session, they were given their life storybooks. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | Five sessions took place at the participants' homes. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores. |
| Life-story review | Experimental | The life-story review intervention consisted of five sessions, during which participants shared their life experiences/stories and compiled them into a life-story book. In each session, a self-report questionnaire was administered to assess participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression. Receives: Behavioral: Intervention group: |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change from baseline in the depression scores (GDS-15) at 8 weeks
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), Arabic version, was used to collect depression scores. It comprises 15 closed-ended questions regarding how the elderly participants felt during the previous week. Zero indicates no depressive symptoms, and 15 indicates severe depressive symptoms.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks.
Secondary outcomes (2)
Change from baseline in the life satisfaction score at 8 weeks
The Arabic version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used to collect older adults' degrees of life satisfaction. The SWLS consists of 5 items with response options ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), and it has good reliability (a = 0.86). A total score of 35 indicates greater life satisfaction; a score of 5 indicates poor life satisfaction.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
Change from baseline in the quality of life score at 8 weeks
World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQoL-BREF) The World Health Organization Quality of life questionnaire, The WHOQoL-BREF, in Arabic, assesses older persons' health-related quality of life. It is a 26-item test with a 5-point Likert-type scale; a higher score would suggest a higher quality of life regarding the environment, social interactions, psychology, and physical health.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Mar 2025
- Study start1 Oct 2021
- Primary completion30 Nov 2024
- Study completion31 Dec 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Healthy Older AdultsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Intervention group: There were 5 sessions for the intervention group. All sessions took place in the participant's home. In the first 4 sessions, the participant was asked to share their childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and current stage. Transcripts were prepared and compiled following the completion of the interviews. Before printing, participants were asked to add their selected pictures to the life-story book. In the 5th session, they received their life story-story books. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores. Control group: The control group had 5 sessions, and participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores were collected at each interview only.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 75 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Moon Fai Chan, PhD, Sultan Qaboos University
- Investigators
- Moon Fai Chan, PhD, Principal investigator, Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Muscat, Oman
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06881914
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MREC#2028
- Status last verified
- Mar 2025
- First submitted
- 7 Mar 2025
- Last updated
- 24 Mar 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Each participant's life story sharing information is private and confidential, so they did not allow sharing this information with other parties.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Mar 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Enhancing Life Quality in Community-dwelling Older Omanis by Telling Their Life Story and Creating Life-story Book
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06881914
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MREC#2028
- Conditions
- Healthy Older Adults
- Keywords
- Depression, Life satifaction, Quality of life, Older adults
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 75 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Sultan Qaboos UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Oct 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Nov 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 18 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study investigates whether sharing life stories and creating life-story books can enhance the quality of life and life satisfaction and reduce depression in older adults. The primary research question is:
Did the quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression improve more for participants in the intervention group compared to those in the control group?
Participants will be divided into two groups:
- Intervention group: These participants will share life stories and create life-story books.
- Control group: These participants will not share life stories or create life-story books.
Detailed description
Background: The main goal of this study is to investigate whether telling their life stories and developing a life-story book intervention affects a group of Omani older adults' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression symptoms.
Methods: In Oman, a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures was conducted to evaluate the impact of the intervention. 75 older individuals were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n = 38) or the control group (n = 37). Baseline demographic data were collected as an initial reference point. To comprehensively assess changes over time, participants' depression levels, life satisfaction, and overall quality of life were measured at multiple time points: weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8. This longitudinal design allowed for a nuanced analysis of intervention effects across different implementation phases.
This study believes that participants in the 8-week trial of the life-story review intervention were successful in reducing depression and improving life satisfaction and quality of life in the older population. Healthcare professionals can use such interventions to enhance older persons' mental health and well-being.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Intervention group: There were 5 sessions for the intervention group. All sessions took place in the participant's home. In the first 4 sessions, the participant was asked to share their childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and current stage. Transcripts were prepared and compiled following the completion of the interviews. Before printing, participants were asked to add their selected pictures to the life-story book. In the 5th session, they received their life story-story books. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores. Control group: The control group had 5 sessions, and participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores were collected at each interview only.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | –Five sessions took place at the participants' homes. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores. |
| Life-story review | Experimental | Behavioral: Intervention group:The life-story review intervention consisted of five sessions, during which participants shared their life experiences/stories and compiled them into a life-story book. In each session, a self-report questionnaire was administered to assess participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and levels of depression. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 60 to 90 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- aged 60-90;
- depressive symptoms score between 5 and 10;
- able to sign the consent form;
- able to speak Arabic or English;
- able to communicate without the need for a hearing aid.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- using hypnotics, sedatives, antidepressants, anticholinergics, antihistamines, tranquilizers, or melatonin for sleep;
- having a medical diagnosis of Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or a serious mental problem;
- Participants assigned to the intervention group who did not want to be audio recorded.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group:There were 5 sessions for the intervention group. All sessions took place in the participant's home. The first 4th sessions involved participant sharing a particular time of their life event, such as childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and the current stage. Transcripts were prepared and compiled following the completion of the interviews. The participants will proofread their life-story book before sending it for printing. In the 5th session, they were given their life storybooks. A self-report questionnaire was used in every session to collect participants' quality of life, life satisfaction, and depression scores. | Behavioural | Life-story review |
Primary outcome
Change from baseline in the depression scores (GDS-15) at 8 weeks
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks.
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), Arabic version, was used to collect depression scores. It comprises 15 closed-ended questions regarding how the elderly participants felt during the previous week. Zero indicates no depressive symptoms, and 15 indicates severe depressive symptoms.
2 secondary outcomes
Change from baseline in the life satisfaction score at 8 weeks
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
Change from baseline in the quality of life score at 8 weeks
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Mar 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Each participant's life story sharing information is private and confidential, so they did not allow sharing this information with other parties.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Moon Fai Chan, PhD principal investigator
Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Muscat, Oman
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Intervention group: in people with Healthy Older Adults, run by Sultan Qaboos University at 1 site in Oman.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Oman. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change from baseline in the depression scores (GDS-15) at 8 weeks (time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Mar 2025.