Comprehensive Intervention for Anxiety and Depression among the Community Elderly with Tuberculosis

Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities in the elderly who have tuberculosis. We conducted a community-based trial to explore the effect of comprehensive interventions on anxiety and depression of the elderly tuberculosis patients. The control group (n = 122) received health education, and t...

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Published inBasic and applied social psychology Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 179 - 187
Main Authors Li, Xuhui, Wang, Bin, Xu, Yihua, Chen, Yanshu, Zhang, Ying, Huang, Jiayu, Yang, Jie, Tan, Dixin, Li, Mengyu, Zhang, Dandan, Tang, Cong, Cai, Xiaonan, Yan, Yaqiong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mahwah Routledge 04.05.2019
Psychology Press
Subjects
Anxiety
Health education
Intervention
Mental depression
Older people
Psychotherapy
Tuberculosis
Workshops
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Summary:Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities in the elderly who have tuberculosis. We conducted a community-based trial to explore the effect of comprehensive interventions on anxiety and depression of the elderly tuberculosis patients. The control group (n = 122) received health education, and the intervention group (n = 61) received health education, psychotherapy, home visit, peer support, and psycho-educational workshops. Compared with the control group, the anxiety (β Group×Time = −0.79) and depression (β Group×Time = −1.13) declined more pronounced in the intervention group. The results suggested that comprehensive interventions could alleviate the anxiety and depression of the elderly tuberculosis patients sustainably and effectively.
ISSN:0197-3533
1532-4834
DOI:10.1080/01973533.2019.1600519