Stepped care for depression and anxiety in visually impaired older adults: Multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Van Der Aa, Hilde P A ^a   Van Rens, Ger H M B ^a   Comijs, Hannie C ^a   Margrain, Tom H ^b   Gallindo Garre, Francisca ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Van Nispen, Ruth M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL WORKER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GROUP THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON;

AGED; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84952760852     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h6127     Document Type: Article

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