The effect of acceptance training on psychological and physical health outcomes in elders with chronic conditions.

ABSTRACT: This pilot trial investigated the short and long-term effects of Acceptance Training (ACT) intervention on acceptance, perceived health, functional status, anxiety, and depression in elders with chronic conditions living in retirement communities (RCs). The ACT intervention combined Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy with music, relaxation, and guided imagery during six weekly 2-hour sessions. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16 African-American and 46 White elders across four data collection points in six randomly selected RCs using well-established measures of perceived health, functional status, anxiety, and depression, and a measure of acceptance of chronic conditions adapted from a previous measure of acceptance of diabetes. While changes were found in perceived health, func

SUBMITTER: McDonald PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3476051 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature