Effect of a Lay Counselor Intervention on Prevention of Major Depression in Older Adults Living in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Preventing depression in older adults living in low- and middle-income countries is important because of the scarcity of treatment resources and the risk of disability, suicide, and dementia.

Objective

To assess whether an intervention for depression prevention provided by lay counselors is effective in older adults from low- and middle-income countries.

Design, setting, and participants

This parallel-group randomized clinical trial with masked outcome assessment was performed in 181 older adults (≥60 years) with subsyndromal depressive symptoms at rural and urban primary care clinics in Goa, India. The first participant entered the trial on March 31, 2015, and the last exited on June 2, 2017. Data analysis used the intention-to-treat approach.

Intervent

SUBMITTER: Dias A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583466 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature