Six-month postintervention depression and disability outcomes of in-home telehealth problem-solving therapy for depressed, low-income homebound older adults

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 653-661

  Choi, Namkee G ^a   Marti, C Nathan ^a   Bruce, Martha L ^b   Hegel, Mark T ^c   Wilson, Nancy L ^d,e   Kunik, Mark E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; disability tele psychotherapy; homebound older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GROWTH CURVE; HAMILTON SCALE; HISPANIC; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; IN HOME TELEHEALTH PROBLEM SOLVING THERAPY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905499831     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22242     Document Type: Article

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