The effects of psychotherapy on reducing depression in residential aged care: a meta-analytic review

Title: The effects of psychotherapy on reducing depression in residential aged care: a meta-analytic review
Creator: Cody, Robyn Ann; Drysdale, Karen
Relation: Clinical Gerontologist: The Journal of Aging and Mental Health Vol. 36, Issue 1, p. 46-69
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2012.731474
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: Published and unpublished randomized controlled trials of psychotherapeutic treatments for depression in residential aged care were systematically reviewed. A medium effect size was found to favor psychotherapy for reducing symptoms of depression in residents (average age, 79.8 years) based on 17 trials. The effect was maintained at follow-up, but was weaker and not statistically significant when interventions were compared with active control conditions in 6 trials. There was heterogeneity across studies; however, potential moderating factors were difficult to identify due to large within-study variance. A sensitivity analysis revealed that the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 15-item version produced a larger effect size than did the GDS-30, and an integrated care approach was more effective than providing psychological interventions independent of aged care staff.
Subject: depression; long-term care; meta-analysis; psychotherapy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1299077
Identifier: uon:19776
Identifier: ISSN:0731-7115
Language: eng
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