A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Psychotherapy for Late-Life Depression  

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Huang, Alice X. ; Delucchi, Kevin ; Dunn, Laura B. ; Nelson, J. Craig

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (keterangan: ada di ClinicalKey) vol. 23 no. 03 (Mar. 2015), page 261–273 .

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: A35.K Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objectives To determine the efficacy of psychotherapy in late-life depression and to determine the effect of the type of control group on the magnitude of psychotherapy effects. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled psychotherapy trials for late-life depression. Setting Outpatient clinics or in subjects' home. Participants Subjects aged 55 years or older with acute-phase depressive disorder. Measurements Change in depressive symptoms was measured with validated scales. Standardized mean differences (SMD) were calculated for each therapy-control contrast, as meta-analytic summaries for contrasts using a similar control, and for all contrasts combined. Results The search identified 27 trials with 37 therapy-control contrasts and 2,245 subjects. Trials utilized five types of control groups (waitlist, treatment-as-usual, attention, supportive therapy, placebo). In the combined contrasts, psychotherapy was effective (SMD: 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.51, 0.95; z = 6.42, p <0.00001). The SMD varied widely (from 0.05 to 1.36) and significantly (?2 = 35.67, df = 4, p <0.00001) between subgroups by type of control. In five trials that compared psychotherapy with supportive therapy, the SMD was 0.39 (95% CI: 0.16, 0.61; z = 3.37, p <0.0007; I2 = 0%). The SMD was 0.11 within the waitlist controls and 1.10 within the supportive therapy subgroup. Conclusions Psychotherapy is effective for late-life depression, but the magnitude of the effect varies widely with the type of control group. Supportive therapy appears to best control for the nonspecific elements of psychotherapy and is associated with considerable change itself, but few trials have utilized it as a control.

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