A behavioural activation intervention to increase engagement with life and wellbeing in older adults: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Summary of study phases and assessment measures

Time point	Pre-program	Baseline	Program (6 weeks)	1-week post-program	3-month post-program
Enrolment
Eligibility screen (Life Engagement Test)^a	X
Informed consent	X
Allocation to condition	X
Intervention
Treatment: BA			↔
Active control: MCPPI			↔
MOCA-blind			X (wk 5)
Daily questionnaire (2 weeks)			X (wk 4–6)
Assessment
Demographics		X
Alcohol and tobacco use		X
Pain and physical health		X		X	X
SPANE		X		X	X
Self-compassion scale		X		X	X
BADS		X		X	X
HADS		X		X	X
Life engagement test		X		X	X
UCLA loneliness scale		X		X	X
Flourishing scale		X		X	X
Satisfaction with life scale		X		X	X
Engaged living scale		X		X	X
Social networks scale		X		X	X
Goal adjustment scale		X		X	X
Client satisfaction questionnaire				X
Daily questionnaire assessment
State self-compassion			X
Daily affect scale			X
DISE			X
Eudaimonic wellbeing			X

BA Behavioural activation; BADS Behavioural Activation for Depression Sale; DISE Daily Inventory of Stressful Events; HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; LET Life Engagement Test; MCPPI Multi component positive psychology intervention; SPANE Scale of Positive and Negative Experience
^aParticipants are eligible if they score at or below the mean LET reported in previous studies (see Participants)

ISSN: 2050-7283