Stepped-care to prevent depression and anxiety in visually impaired older adults - design of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  van der Aa, Hilde P A ^a,b   van Rens, Ger H M B ^a,b,c   Comijs, Hannie C ^a,b   Bosmans, Judith E ^d   Margrain, Tom H ^e   van Nispen, Ruth M A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Low vision; Older adults; Prevention; Stepped care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LOW VISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF HELP; STEPPED CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TELECONSULTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84881162182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-209     Document Type: Article

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