Psychological therapies for depression in older adults residing in long-term care settings

CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy, behavioural therapy, and reminiscence therapy may reduce depressive symptoms compared with usual care for LTC residents, but the evidence is very uncertain. Psychological therapies may also improve quality of life and psychological well-being amongst depressed LTC residents in the short term, but may have no effect on symptoms of anxiety in depressed LTC residents, compared to control conditions. However, the evidence for these effects is very uncertain, limiting our confidence in the findings. The evidence could be strengthened by better reporting and higher-quality RCTs of psychological therapies in LTC, including trials with larger samples, reporting results separately for those with and without cognitive impairment and dementia, and longer-term outcomes to determine when effects wane.PMID:38501686 | PMC:PMC10949416 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD013059.pub2
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research