Trial reportAnnals of internal medicine2013
A home-based intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in older African Americans: a randomized trial.
Trial report in Annals of internal medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Treating Depression in African American Elders: A Community-Academic Partnership
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Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of late-life depression interventions on functional limitations: A systematic review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Control interventions in randomised trials among people with mental health disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
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- Managing depression in older age: psychological interventions.Maturitas · 2014Pooled it
- Impact of the Tailored Activity Program (TAP) on Depressive Symptoms Among White and Black Dementia Caregivers.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Trial
- Depression Agency-Based Collaborative: Effect of Problem-Solving Therapy on Risk of Common Mental Disorders in Older Adults With Home Care Needs.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Valuation of Life as outcome and mediator of a depression intervention for older African Americans: the Get Busy Get Better Trial.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2018Trial
- The Baltimore HEARS Pilot Study: An Affordable, Accessible, Community-Delivered Hearing Care Intervention.The Gerontologist · 2017Trial
- Delivery Characteristics, Acceptability, and Depression Outcomes of a Home-based Depression Intervention for Older African Americans: The Get Busy Get Better Program.The Gerontologist · 2016Trial
- Design and Recruitment for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Problem-Solving Therapy to Prevent Depression among Older Adults with Need for Supportive Services.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2016Trial
- Clinical effectiveness of integrating depression care management into medicare home health: the Depression CAREPATH Randomized trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2015Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of a community-integrated home-based depression intervention in older African Americans.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2014Trial
- Factors mediating the effects of a depression intervention on functional disability in older African Americans.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2014Trial
- Mediators of the impact of a home-based intervention (beat the blues) on depressive symptoms among older African Americans.Psychology and aging · 2014Trial
- Association Between Prehip Fracture Antidepressant Use and Posthip Fracture Length of Hospital Stay in Medicare Beneficiaries and Assessing Sex Differences.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Can a Home-Based Collaborative Care Model Reduce Health Services Utilization for Older Medicaid Beneficiaries Living with Depression and Co-occurring Chronic Conditions? A Quasi-experimental Study.Administration and policy in mental health · 2023Article
- Past trauma, resettlement stress, and mental health of older Bhutanese with a refugee life experience.Aging & mental health · 2022Article
- Effects of resistance training on depression and cardiovascular disease risk in Black men: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Mental health and physical activity · 2019Article
- Impact of three dementia-related behaviors on caregiver depression: The role of rejection of care, aggression, and agitation.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2019Article
- Perceived discrimination and health-related quality-of-life: gender differences among older African Americans.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundEffective care models for treating older African Americans with depressive symptoms are needed.
objectiveTo determine whether a home-based intervention alleviates depressive symptoms and improves quality of life in older African Americans.
designParallel, randomized trial stratified by recruitment site. Interviewers assessing outcomes were blinded to treatment assignment. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00511680).
settingA senior center and participants' homes from 2008 to 2010. PATIENTS: African Americans aged 55 years or older with depressive symptoms.
interventionA multicomponent, home-based intervention delivered by social workers or a wait-list control group that received the intervention at 4 months. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported depression severity at 4 months (primary outcome) and depression knowledge, quality of life, behavioral activation, anxiety, function, and remission at 4 and 8 months.
resultsOf 208 participants (106 and 102 in the intervention and wait-list groups, respectively), 182 (89 and 93, respectively) completed 4 months and 160 (79 and 81, respectively) completed 8 months. At 4 months, participants in the intervention group showed reduced depression severity (difference in mean change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score from baseline, -2.9 [95% CI, -4.6 to -1.2]; difference in mean change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score from baseline, -3.7 [CI, -5.4 to -2.1]); improved depression knowledge, quality of life, behavioral activation, and anxiety (P < 0.001); and improved function (P = 0.014) compared with wait-list participants. More intervention than wait-list participants entered remission at 4 months (43.8% vs. 26.9%). After treatment, control participants showed benefits similar in magnitude to those of participants in the initial intervention group. Those in the initial intervention group maintained benefits at 8 months. LIMITATION: The study had a small sample, short duration, and differential withdrawal rate.
conclusionA home-based intervention delivered by social workers could reduce depressive symptoms and enhance quality of life in most older African Americans. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institute of Mental Health.
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