Stepped- care effectiveness trial for ageing adults with anxiety and depressio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Ageing; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000219189
• Lead Sponsor: Macquarie University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 22 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 766

Inclusion Criteria

Older adults aged 65 years or older; anxiety and/or depression is the main interfering problem according to the intake assessment and indication of significant anxiety and/or depression symptoms on the Health of National Outcomes Scale 65+ (HoNOS 65+). All eligible participants need to have access to either the Internet or a phone.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria will be English language illiteracy, psychosis, bipolar disorder, drug/alcohol dependence, active suicidality, significant uncorrected hearing loss and likely moderate to severe dementia based on standardized cognitive screener tests (varies across sites e.g. six-item Cognitive Impairment Screener, Mini Mental State
Examination (MMSE), Rowland University Dementia Scale (RUDAS), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) or the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination – version 3 (ACE- III)). Participants need to have adequate physical (health) ability to complete Internet/Phone based therapy. Co-morbidity with other psychiatric diagnose (with the exception of psychotic or bipolar disorder) is allowed in order to
establish a clinically relevant, broadly representative sample.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified