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Preventing depression in older people with multimorbidity: 24-month follow-up of a trial of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy.
- Source :
- Age & Ageing; Nov2021, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p2254-2258, 5p, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background older people coping with the impacts of living with multimorbidity are at increased risk of developing a depressive disorder. Objective this article reports the 24-month results of a randomised controlled trial of an internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy, which aimed to test whether depressive disorders could be prevented in this population. Participants community-based participants aged 65 years and over, who had two or more chronic physical health conditions and were assessed as having no current depressive disorder. Methods in total, 302 participants were randomised to an 8-week, five-lesson, internet-delivered intervention program (n = 150) or treatment as usual (TAU, n = 152). The primary outcomes were cases of depressive disorder, assessed post-intervention and at 3-month intervals throughout the trial, and depressive symptoms, assessed at pre-intervention, post-intervention, 6, 12 and 24 months following the intervention. Results there were significantly fewer cases of depressive disorder in the intervention group (n = 23, 15%) compared with the TAU group (n = 41, 27%) during the 24 months after the intervention (χ<superscript>2</superscript>(1, N = 302) = 6.13, P = 0.013, odds ratio = 0.490 [95% confidence interval: 0.277, 0.867]), representing a 44% reduction in cases of depressive disorder. No differences were found on depressive symptoms at 24-month follow-up. Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy had high engagement and acceptability. Conclusions the results provide support that depressive disorders can be prevented in older people with multimorbidity through participation in internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy. With access to internet-delivered interventions in clinical care settings increasing, this has implications for older patient care where multimorbidity is extremely common. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of mental depression
THERAPEUTICS
CONFIDENCE intervals
PATIENT participation
HEALTH services accessibility
INTERNET
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
TREATMENT effectiveness
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
COMPARATIVE studies
PATIENTS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
MENTAL depression
STATISTICAL sampling
ODDS ratio
COMORBIDITY
COGNITIVE therapy
LONGITUDINAL method
EVALUATION
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00020729
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Age & Ageing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153609861
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab145