NCT01681056

Efficacy Study of Autosuggestion for Quality of Life of Geriatric Patients

Quality of Life and Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine-Immunology Pathway of Geriatric Patients: A Trial of Autosuggestion

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Indonesia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective is to analyze the efficacy of autosuggestion for geriatric patients's quality of life and its impact to psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune pathways. The primary outcome is quality of life. The hypothesis of this study is that autosuggestion will increase geriatric patient's quality of life based on its impact to psycho-neuro-endocrine-immune pathways.

Detailed description

Geriatric patients diagnosed with multipathology after getting information and signing informed consent will be included in this trial. Autosuggestion was created by patients according to their preferences, modified by researcher to accomplish autosuggestion principles, recorded in a tape to be heard by walkman daily for 30 days. Intervention and control groups received usual standard medical therapy. Baseline data were collected within one week after admission. Then the subject will be followed up for 30 days. Primary outcome was quality of life measured by COOP chart, analyze using on treatment analysis. Secondary outcomes were serum cortisol, interleukin-2, interleukin-6, IFN-ϒ (Interferon gamma), and N Acetyl Aspartat/ creatine ratio in limbic and paralimbic system by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Conditions

• Quality of Life for Geriatric Patients.

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Autosuggestion for 30 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2012-09-07
• Last updated: 2012-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Indonesia