Supporting frail older people with depression and anxiety: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Depression and anxiety are common in later life, particularly when people are frail. This leads to reduced quality of life, faster decline in physical health and increased health/social care use. Available treatments are commonly not tailored to people with frailty. We explored frail older peoples' experiences of depression and/or anxiety and how services could be adapted to their needs.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews with 28 older people in the UK purposively sampled for practice location and severity of frailty and anxiety/depression. We asked about symptoms, interactions with physical health, help-seeking, treatments and what might help in future. We audio-recorded and transcribed interviews, using thematic analysis to inductively derive themes.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Frost R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842711 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature