Perceived Social Support and Interpersonal Functioning as Predictors of Treatment Response Among Depressed Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social isolation is highly common in late life and is associated with devastating mental health and physical outcomes. This study investigated whether components of social isolation (marital status, perceived social support, and interpersonal problems) predict change in depression severity over the course of a brief adherence intervention delivered in a primary care setting.

Method

A sample of 189 older adults with major depressive disorder were randomized to either an adherence intervention, "Treatment Initiation Program," or treatment as usual. Marital status, perceived social support and interpersonal problems were assessed at baseline. A mixed-effects regression was used to test whether these factors predicted the change trajectory in depression severity over 2

SUBMITTER: Woods A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8255325 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature