Interpersonal psychotherapy for elderly patients in primary care.

Anneke van Schaik, Harm Van Marwijk, Herman Adèr, Richard {Van Dyck}, Marten {De Haan}, Brenda Penninx, Koen {Van Der Kooij}, Hein van Hout, Aartjan Beekman

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    Abstract

    OBJECTIVE: Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is recommended in most depression treatment guidelines, but little is known about its effectiveness in real-life practice. This study investigates whether IPT, delivered by mental health workers to elderly patients with major depressive disorder, is more effective than usual general practitioners' care (CAU).METHODS: A pragmatic randomized, controlled trial was conducted in which 143 patients were allocated to IPT (10 sessions) or to CAU. PRIMary care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) and Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) assessments were used as primary outcomes.RESULTS: IPT was significantly more effective in reducing the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of depression (PRIME-MD), but not in inducing remission (MADRS
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)777-86
    Number of pages690
    JournalThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
    Volume14
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2006

    Keywords

    • Aged
    • Depressive Disorder
    • Female
    • Group
    • Group: methods
    • Humans
    • Interpersonal Relations
    • Major
    • Major: diagnosis
    • Major: psychology
    • Major: therapy
    • Male
    • Primary Health Care
    • Primary Health Care: methods
    • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
    • Psychotherapy
    • Severity of Illness Index
    • aged
    • depressive disorder
    • female
    • group
    • group methods
    • humans
    • interpersonal relations
    • major
    • major diagnosis
    • major psychology
    • major therapy
    • male
    • primary health care
    • primary health care methods
    • psychiatric status rating scales
    • psychotherapy
    • severity illness index

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