ArticleBMC geriatrics2020
'I wanted to talk about it, but I couldn't', an H70 focus group study about experiencing depression in early late life.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05503485 (Existential Group Treatment for Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Existential Group Treatment for Older Adults (75+) With Psychological Distress in Primary Care: A Randomized Control Trial
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- In search of existential health in Swedish primary care: perspectives from older adults who took part in an existential group treatment.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Self-Identified Age Cohorts and Personal Experience Sharing in Pseudonymous Online Spaces: Natural Language Processing Analysis of Reddit.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Person-centred suicide prevention: key elements from the perspective of people living with suicidality.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Pathways to change in existential group treatment: experiences from older adults with psychological distress in primary care.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Attempted suicide short intervention program for older adults 65+ (ASSIP-OA): a study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Is the diagnosis and treatment of depression gender-biased? Evidence from a population-based aging cohort in Sweden.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- The lived experience of depression: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2023Article
- "It's about What You've Assigned to the Salad": Focus Group Discussions on the Relationship between Food and Mood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- 'It was the deepest level of companionship': peer-to-peer experience of supporting community-dwelling older people with depression - a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundKnowledge about experiences of depression among younger-old adults from the general population is limited. The aim was to explore experiences of depression in early late life.
methodsSixteen participants in the population-based Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies (12 women and 4 men) who had reported a history of depression between ages 60-70 took part in focus group discussions (n = 4). Data were analyzed using focus group methodology.
resultsThe analysis resulted in the overall theme 'I wanted to talk about it, but I couldn't'. The participants expressed unmet needs of communication about depression with family, friends, and healthcare staff. Participants wanted to know more about the causes and effects of depression, available treatment options and how to avoid recurrence. Lack of knowledge was a source of frustration; trust in health care providers was diminished. Being retired meant that opportunities for communication with co-workers were no longer available, and this made it harder to break negative thought and behavioral patterns. Being depressed meant losing one's normal self, and participants were grieving this. Thoughts of death and suicide were experienced in solitude; knowing that there was an escape could generate a feeling of comfort and control.
conclusionsYounger-old adults have expressed a need to talk about their experiences of depression. They would like to know more about available treatments, potential side effects, and how to avoid recurrence. Care providers also need to be aware there is a need for an existential dialogue about death.
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