Cognitive-behavioral therapy for late-life anxiety: Similarities and differences between Veteran and community participants.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for anxiety; however, a growing body of research suggests that CBT effect sizes are smaller in Veteran samples. The aim of this study was to perform secondary data analyses of a randomized controlled trial of CBT for late-life generalized anxiety disorder compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in a Veteran (n = 101) and community-based (n = 122) sample. Veterans had lower income and less education than community participants, greater severity on baseline measures of anxiety and depression, poorer physical health, and higher rates of psychiatric comorbidity. Treatment effects were statistically significant in the community sample (all ps < 0.01), but not in Veterans (all ps > 0.05). Further analyses in Veterans revealed that

SUBMITTER: Barrera TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4479977 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature