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| العنوان: |
Telephone-delivered psychotherapy for rural-dwelling older adults with generalized anxiety disorder: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| المؤلفون: |
Brenes, Gretchen A., Danhauer, Suzanne C., Lyles, Mary F., Miller, Michael E. |
| المصدر: |
BMC Psychiatry; 2014, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PSYCHOTHERAPY, RURAL geography, ANXIETY in old age, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, GENERALIZED anxiety disorder, COGNITIVE therapy, BEHAVIOR therapy |
| مستخلص: |
Background Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry, has a negative impact on the health, well-being, and functioning of older adults. Cognitive behavioral therapy has demonstrated efficacy in reducing anxiety and worry in older adults, but the generalizability of these findings to community-dwelling older adults is unknown. The aim of the current study is to examine the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral intervention delivered by telephone in reducing anxiety and worry in rural community-dwelling older adults with GAD. Methods/design We propose a randomized controlled trial comparing telephone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-T) with nondirective supportive therapy (NST-T). One hundred seventy six adults 60 years and older diagnosed with GAD will be randomized to one of the two treatment conditions. The primary outcomes are self-report worry and clinician-rated anxiety. Secondary outcomes include depressive symptoms, sleep, quality of life, and functional status. Discussion It is hypothesized that CBT-T will be superior to NST-T in reducing anxiety and worry among older adults with GAD. Further, CBT-T is hypothesized to be superior to NST-T in reducing problems with depressive symptoms, sleep, functional status and quality of life. If this program is successful, it could be implemented as a low-cost program to treat late-life anxiety, especially in rural areas or in circumstances where older adults may not have access to qualified mental health providers. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01259596 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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