Outpatient psychotherapy for home-living vulnerable older adults with depression: study protocol of the PSY-CARE trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need to improve psychotherapeutic approaches to treatment for vulnerable older adults with depression in terms of both clinical practice and health care supply. Against this background, PSY-CARE is testing the feasibility and effectiveness of outpatient psychotherapy for home-living older adults in need of care with depression in Berlin, Germany, and neighboring suburban areas.

Methods

In a two-arm single-center pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT), manual-guided outpatient psychotherapy will be compared to brief psychosocial counseling. The study population will be compromised of older adults with clinically significant depressive symptoms who have a long-term care grade, as assessed by the German compulsory state nursing care insurance. In the

SUBMITTER: Gellert P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7409457 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature