Valuation of Life as outcome and mediator of a depression intervention for older African Americans: the Get Busy Get Better Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previously, we showed that Get Busy Get Better (GBGB), a 10-session multicomponent home-based, behavioral intervention, reduced depressive symptom severity in older African Americans. As appraising the value of life is associated with depressive symptoms, this study examined whether GBGB enhanced positive appraisals of life and if, in turn, this mediated treatment effects on depressive symptoms.

Methods

Data were from a single-blind parallel randomized trial involving 208 African Americans (≥55 years old) with depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9 ≥5). GBGB involved five components: care management, referral/linkage, stress reduction, depression education, and behavioral activation. A 13-item Valuation of Life (VOL) scale with two subfactors (opt

SUBMITTER: Gitlin LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788279 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature