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

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What is being tested

Autosuggestion for 30 days

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Over 60 Years
+9 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: August 2010
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Summary

Principal SponsorIndonesia University
Last updated: October 3, 2012
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Study start date: August 1, 2010

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

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.

Principal SponsorIndonesia University
Last updated: October 3, 2012
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

51 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 60 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

5 inclusion criteria required to participate
Age: >= 60 years old with multipathology, inpatients

Cooperative

Could communicate (Karnofsky score: 40% or Zubrod/WHO score: 3)

Not in steroid therapy

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4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Brain Tumour

Multiple Sclerosis

Stroke

Using Pace maker

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental

Group II

No Intervention

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital

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CompletedOne Study Center