Religious coping and acceptability and outcome of short-term psychotherapeutic treatments for depression among low-income homebound older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine (1) correlates of religious coping, and (2) associations of religious coping at baseline with evaluation of treatment acceptability and depressive symptom severity outcomes of short-term psychotherapeutic depression treatments among 277 low-income homebound older adults (70% female; 41% non-Hispanic White, 30% African American, and 29% Hispanic) who participated in a treatment effectiveness trial.

Method

Religious coping was measured with a 2-item subscale of the Brief COPE. Treatment acceptability was measured with the 11-item Treatment Evaluation Inventory (TEI). Depressive symptoms were measured with the 24-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD). We used linear regression modeling to examine correlates of religious coping at baseline and to

SUBMITTER: Choi NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature