Trial reportInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2019
Lay-delivered behavioral activation for depressed senior center clients: Pilot RCT.
Trial report in International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Behavioural activation therapy for depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- "Do More, Feel Better": Pilot RCT of Lay-Delivered Behavioral Activation for Depressed Senior Center Clients.Behavior therapy · 2022Trial
- Lay-delivered behavioral activation for depressed senior center clients: Pilot RCT.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Practical specification and application of implementation strategies to cognitive-behavioral research and practice.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Mental Health Task Sharing Among Older Chinese Adults: A Qualitative Study.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Article
- Increasing Completion of Daily Patient-Reported Outcomes in Psychotherapies for Late-Life Depression through User-Centered Design.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
- Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of brief behavioral activation among older adult cancer survivors.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2024Article
- Study protocol of the 'HEAL-HOA' dual randomized controlled trial: Testing the effects of volunteering on loneliness, social, and mental health in older adults.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- Perspectives of Nonspecialists Delivering a Brief Depression Treatment in the United States: A Qualitative Investigation.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Implementing DASH-Aligned Meals and Self-Measured Blood Pressure to Reduce Hypertension at Senior Centers: A RE-AIM Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Article
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- Getting by With a Little Help From Our Peers.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2021Article
- Acceptability of a lay-delivered intervention for depression in senior centers.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Mind, Mood, Mobility: Supporting Independence Among Rural Older Adults at Risk for Functional Decline.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Article
- Modernizing Training in Psychotherapy Competencies With Adaptive Learning Systems: Proof of Concept.Research on social work practice · 2021Article
- A low-intensity behavioral intervention for depression in older adults delivered by lay coaches: proof-of-concept trial.Aging & mental healthArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveWe describe the development of a lay-delivered behavioral intervention ("Do More, Feel Better") for depressed senior center clients, and we present preliminary data from a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) on (a) the feasibility of training lay volunteers to fidelity and (b) the acceptability, impact, and safety of the intervention.
methodsWe trained 11 volunteers at two aging service settings in "Do More, Feel Better" and randomized 18 depressed clients to receive the intervention or referral to mental health services.
resultsPilot data indicated that we can successfully train and certify 64% of older volunteers and that depressed clients receiving the intervention reported high levels of session attendance and satisfaction. While there were no significant differences in 12-week reduction in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores between groups, intervention clients showed an 8-point reduction in comparison with a 0-point reduction among referral clients.
conclusions"Do More, Feel Better" has the potential of transferring evidence-based behavioral interventions to the hands of supervised lay volunteers and can address the insufficient workforce providing geriatric mental health services.
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