Predictors of treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Method

The sample comprised 80 depressed (DSM-IV criteria) adults with PD (60% male) and their caregivers who participated in an National Institutes of Health-sponsored randomized-controlled trial of CBT vs. clinical monitoring from April 2007 until July 2010. Individually administered CBT was provided to people with PD for 10 weeks, modified to address the unique needs of the medical population, and supplemented with up to 4 separate caregiver educational sessions. Treatment response was defined a priori as a rating of depression much improved or very much improved on the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement

SUBMITTER: Dobkin RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3376684 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature