IRCT20170619034650N1 IRCT 2018-01-02 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences The Effect of group play therapy on depression and loneliness among the elderly The Effect of group play therapy on depression and loneliness among the elderly 2018-01-05 anticipated 60 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/26436 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Other, Other design features: The games in the study are under the supervision of a game therapist, Randomization description: Individuals based on the goal will be included in the study, then Then randomly and based on the Random numbers Divided In both intervention and control groups. N/A Condition 1: loneliness. Condition 2: depression. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Intervention 1 is as follows: the play therapy sessions in the intervention group are 12 sessions and 2 sessions per hour each week. members are organized in groups and groups of 10 people. The first session is a general introduction and description of the activities, explaining the goals of the research and the duties of each person during the intervention and The next sessions will be based on the scheduled schedule. Intervention 2: Control group: The control group uses the central service (Organizing Senior Education Classes; Domestic doctor and general practitioner visits routinely and periodically; Perform periodic laboratory test; Perform specialist Psychological actions) of the center. No specific action is taken in this group. Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is No more information