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ArticleBMJ open2019

Behavioural activation in nursing homes to treat depression (BAN-Dep): study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Diana Velasquez Reyes, Hema Patel, Nicola Lautenschlager, Andrew H Ford, Eleanor Curran, Rachael Kelly, Rhoda Lai, Terence Chong, Leon Flicker, David Ekers and 6 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Behavioural activation therapy for depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Diana Velasquez ReyesPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Hema PatelMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Nicola LautenschlagerPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Andrew H FordMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Eleanor CurranPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Rachael KellyMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Rhoda LaiPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Terence ChongPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2432-8193
Leon FlickerMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
David EkersPsychiatry, University of York, York, UK.
Simon GilbodyPsychiatry, University of York, York, UK.
Christopher Etherton-BeerMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Dina Lo GiudiceAged Care, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Kathryn A EllisPsychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Angelita MartiniBrightwater Care Group, Osborne Park, Western Australia, Australia.
Osvaldo P AlmeidaMedical School, University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Perth, Western Australia, Australia osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-8689-6199
The University of Melbourne · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUUniversity of York · GBMelbourne Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDepression is a common disorder among older people living in residential aged care facilities. Several trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of behavioural therapies in treating depressive symptoms in older adults living in the community and in residential aged care. Behavioural Activation is demonstrably effective even when delivered by non-specialists (staff without formal psychological training), although strategies for adapting its use in residential aged care facilities are yet to be explored. This study will determine whether training residential care staff in the use of a structured Behavioural Activation programme is more effective at decreasing depressive symptoms among older residents than internet-based training about depression recognition and management alone. METHOD AND ANALYSIS: The behavioural activation in nursing homes to treat depression (BAN-Dep) trial is a pragmatic two-arm parallel clustered randomised controlled trial. It will recruit 666 residents aged 60 or older from 100 residential aged care facilities, which will be randomly assigned to the Behavioural Activation or control intervention. Staff in both treatment groups will be encouraged to complete the ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The trial will comply with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki for Human Rights and is overseen by the University of Western Australia (reference RA/4/20/4234) and Melbourne Health (reference number HREC/18/MH/47) Ethics Committees. The results of this research project will be disseminated through publications and/or presentations in a variety of media to health professionals, academics, clinicians and the public. Only de-identified group data will be presented.

trial registrationACTRN12618000634279.

Indexed as

AgedAustraliaCognitive Behavioral TherapyDepressionHealth PersonnelHomes for the AgedHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicNursing HomesOutcome Assessment, Health CarePragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicQuality of LifeSurveys and Questionnairesaged carebehavioural activationdepression and mood disorderselderlyrandomised controlled trial

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PMID31676658
PMCPMC6830697
OpenAlexW2984733837

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