Status:
RECRUITING
Psychoeducation for Older Adults With Autism
Lead Sponsor:
Tilburg University
Collaborating Sponsors:
GGZ Breburg
Conditions:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Until recently, autism in older adults went unrecognised. Although there has been more attention to autism in older adults in recent years, there is still a lot of unfamiliarity with the phenomenon an...
Detailed Description
The detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in older adults in Dutch (specialised) mental health care is improving, but underdiagnosis remains. Older adults with ASD experience a low quality of li...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- minimum of 55 years old.
- diagnosed with ASD or a probability diagnosis by a multidisciplinary team according to the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline, as confirmed by the DSM-5 interview for ASD (Spek, n.d.), or the Netherlands Interview for Diagnosis of ASD in adults (NIDA; Vuijk, 2023)
Exclusion
- comorbid mental disorder that needs acute treatment and severely interferes with a group treatment (for example psychosis),
- a major neurocognitive disorder (for example dementia or acquired brain injury),
- substance abuse disorder, that requires detoxification, and/or
- an IQ below 70.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 12 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
305 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06127472
Start Date
September 12 2024
End Date
December 31 2026
Last Update
August 6 2025
Active Locations (11)
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1
GGNet Ouderen (Elderly)
Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands, 7334 DZ
2
Mondriaan Ouderen (Elderly)
Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands, 6419PJ
3
Vincent van Gogh Ouderen (Elderly)
Venray, Limburg, Netherlands, 5804 AV
4
Reinier van Arkel
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands, 5223 GZ