Trial reportThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2017
Harnessing Peer Support in an Online Intervention for Older Adults with Depression.
Trial report in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2017. 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 57 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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SUPERA: Supporting Peer Interactions to Expand Access to Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Spanish-speaking Safety-Net Patients in Primary Care
Social Worker-led Mindfulness-based Intervention for Managing Depressive Symptoms in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Acceptability of Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Race, Ethnicity, and Other Cultural Background Factors in Trials of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing Patient Adherence to and Engagement With Digital Interventions for Depression in Clinical Trials: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapies for late-life depressive symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Aging & mental health · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Technology-Supported Interventions to Improve Old-Age Social Wellbeing: Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Connectedness.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2020Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial to address a multimodal intervention in the elderly: the effects of the CAMINN study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Trial
- Enhancing Engagement, Practice Integration, and Skill Learning in Mobile Technology-Delivered Interventions Using Human Support: Randomized Controlled Trial With Depressed College Students.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Layperson-Supported, Web-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- An Unguided, Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention (TreadWill) in a Lower Middle-Income Country: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of Sunnyside: Individual versus group-based online interventions to prevent postpartum depression.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Trial
- Teaching and Practicing Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness Skills in a Web-Based Platform among Older Adults through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- A Direct-to-Public Peer Support Program (Big White Wall) Versus Web-Based Information to Aid the Self-management of Depression and Anxiety: Results and Challenges of an Automated Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- A randomized noninferiority trial evaluating remotely-delivered stepped care for depression using internet cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and telephone CBT.Behaviour research and therapy · 2019Trial
- Stepping Up: Predictors of 'Stepping' within an iCBT Stepped-Care Intervention for Depression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Technology-Enhanced Peer Support for Depression in Older Adults: Single-Arm Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- A scoping review of the characteristics, responsibilities, implementations and evaluations of digital navigators in healthcare.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Navigating Aging with Technology: A Scoping Review of Digital Interventions Addressing Intrinsic Capacity Decline in Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Reconsidering peer-based interventions for loneliness: reflections on the feasibility and future directions of the Home Support Intervention Program.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Application of the Supportive Accountability Model in Digital Health Interventions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis pilot study evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of two methods of delivering a cognitive behaviorally informed Internet intervention for depression for adults 65 years and older.
methodsForty-seven participants were enrolled and assigned to receive one of two versions of the Internet intervention, either delivered individually (III) or with peer support (II+PS), or to a wait list control group (WLC). Primary outcomes included change in depressive symptoms from baseline to post-intervention (week 8), site use, self-reported usability, and coach time. Secondary outcomes included measures of social support and isolation and anxiety.
resultsFollow-up data were provided by 85.1% (40 of 47) of enrolled participants. There were significant differences in depression change across groups (F
conclusionsThese results highlight the potential of cognitive-behaviorally informed Internet interventions for older adults with depression, and indicate that peer-supported programs are both acceptable and equivalent to individually delivered Internet interventions. Including peer support may be a viable and potentially more cost-effective option for disseminating online treatments for depression for older adults.
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