Telephone-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Telephone-Delivered Nondirective Supportive Therapy for Rural Older Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is common in older adults; however, access to treatment may be limited, particularly in rural areas.

Objective

To examine the effects of telephone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) compared with telephone-delivered nondirective supportive therapy (NST) in rural older adults with GAD.

Design, setting, and participants

Randomized clinical trial in the participants' homes of 141 adults aged 60 years and older with a principal or coprincipal diagnosis of GAD who were recruited between January 27, 2011, and October 22, 2013.

Interventions

Telephone-delivered CBT consisted of as many as 11 sessions (9 were required) focused on recognition of anxiety symptoms, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, the use of copi

SUBMITTER: Brenes GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939613 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature