Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults

Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults

UCLA researchers looking for healthy females (age 60+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about your experiences may be related to your health.

Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus for blood draws and to fill out questionnaires 3 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period, once immediately after the 6-week period, and once 2-months after the writing period.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy adults 60 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Following a structured telephone interview, participants with the following conditions will not be able to participate:

  1. current smokers
  2. active, uncontrolled medical disorders
  3. chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)
  4. use of certain medications (e.g., hypnotic and psychotropic medication, steroid use, opioid use)
  5. psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)
  6. body mass index (BMI) greater than 35

Other exclusion criteria may apply.