Cost-effectiveness of a community-integrated home-based depression intervention in older African Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the cost-effectiveness of a home-based depression program: Beat the Blues (BTB).

Design

A cost-effectiveness analysis as part of a previously reported randomized controlled trial that compared BTB with a wait-list control group.

Setting

Community.

Participants

English-speaking, cognitively intact (Mini-Mental State Examination score ≥24), African Americans aged 55 and older with depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire score ≥5) (N = 129).

Intervention

Participants randomly assigned to BTB received up to 10 home visits over 4 months from licensed social workers who provided care management, referral and linkage, stress reduction, depression education, and behavioral activation to help participants achieve self-identified goals

SUBMITTER: Pizzi LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4270093 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature