Trial reportBehavior therapy2022
"Do More, Feel Better": Pilot RCT of Lay-Delivered Behavioral Activation for Depressed Senior Center Clients.
Trial report in Behavior therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementing PST in older adults facing major surgery: a randomised controlled pilot study.BMJ open · 2025Trial
- Psychotherapy for older adults with depression: a narrative review.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- A Literature Review on the Role of Paraprofessionals in Delivering Brief Psychological Interventions.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Review
- Exploring patient perspectives on a new task-shared behavioral health role in Washington State.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Practical specification and application of implementation strategies to cognitive-behavioral research and practice.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- A feasibility study of behavioural activation for haemodialysis: The BEACH study protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Designing Implementation Strategies for Lay-Delivered Depression Care: Senior Center Organizational Perspectives From A Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry. Open science, education, and practice · 2025Article
- Older Adult Volunteers' Experiences Delivering a Lay-Led Behavioral Activation Program for Depression Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Mixed Methods Study.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry. Open science, education, and practice · 2025Article
- The Promise of Peer-Led Interventions for Older Adults.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023Article
- A patient-centered nurse-supported primary care-based collaborative care program to treat opioid use disorder and depression: Design and protocol for the MI-CARE randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- Perspectives of Nonspecialists Delivering a Brief Depression Treatment in the United States: A Qualitative Investigation.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- "We are the sun for our community:" Partnering with community health workers/promotores to adapt, deliver and evaluate a home-based collaborative care model to improve equity in access to quality depression care for older U.S. Latino adults who are underserved.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- 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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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This pilot randomized control trial (RCT) tested "Do More, Feel Better" (DMFB), a lay-delivered Behavioral Activation intervention for depressed senior center clients. The study examined: (1) the feasibility of training older lay volunteers to fidelity; and (2) the acceptability, safety, and impact of the intervention. Twenty-one lay volunteers at four senior centers were trained in DMFB. Fifty-six depressed clients were randomized to receive 9 sessions of DMFB or Behavioral Activation delivered by social workers (MSW BA). Research assessments of overall client activity level (BADS) and depression severity (HAM-D) were conducted at baseline and Weeks 3, 6, and 9. Eighty-one percent of lay volunteers who underwent training were formally certified in DMFB. Depressed clients receiving each intervention reported high levels of satisfaction and showed large and clinically significant changes in 9-week activity level (d ≥ 1.35) and depression severity (d ≥ 3.34). Differences between treatment groups were very small for both activity level (d
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