Translation, cultural adaptation and pilot study of Metacognitive Training for Older Adults
- Universidade de Évora(líder)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf(parceiro)
Summary
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the older adults and a major cause of years lived with
disability. As an aggravating factor, it does not always respond to antidepressants, and non-pharmacological
interventions are recommended by international guidelines. The Metacognitive Training for Older People with
Depression (MCT-Silver) is a creative and innovative group intervention that aims to reduce depressive symptoms
by challenging the cognitive and metacognitive beliefs characteristic of this disorder, whose goal is to enable
participants to recognize and correct their automatic and dysfunctional thinking patterns and behaviour. It was
developed by the partner institution's team, and has already demonstrated positive results. The aim of this project
is to extend the research study to Portugal, through cultural adaptation and pilot study.
Goals, activities and expected/achieved results
1) Traduzir e realizar revisão linguística do MCT-Silver e do D-MCT para português.
2) Adaptar culturalmente o MCT-Silver para o contexto português através da consultadoria a peritos e a pessoas idosas com depressão.
3) Formar a equipa portuguesa para a aplicação do MCT-Silver e do D-MCT, capacitando-os para dar formação aos
profissionais de saúde de Portugal.
4) Planear e realizar um estudo piloto para avaliar a eficácia do MCT-Silver na população Portuguesa.
5) Redigir uma candidatura a financiamento para a realização de um estudo controlado randomizado (RCT)
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