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- Title
- Brief internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in older adults : a feasibility trial
- Related
- Journal of anxiety disorders, Vol. 26, Issue 6, (2012), p.650-655
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.04.002
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date
- 2012
- Author/Creator
- Zou, Judy B
- Author/Creator
- Dear, Blake F
- Author/Creator
- Titov, Nickolai
- Author/Creator
- Lorian, Carolyn N
- Author/Creator
- Johnston, Luke
- Author/Creator
- Spence, Jay
- Author/Creator
- Knight, Robert G
- Author/Creator
- Anderson, Tracy
- Author/Creator
- Sachdev, Perminder
- Description
- This study examined the efficacy of an Internet-delivered cognitive-behavior therapy program developed for older adults. Twenty-two participants with elevated scores (≥8) on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7) participated in the course, which consisted of five lessons, homework tasks, additional resources, a moderated discussion forum, and weekly telephone support from a Clinical Psychologist. Ninety-five percent of the sample met diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disord er at pre-treatment. All participants completed the five lessons within the allotted eight weeks. Three-month follow-up data was collected from 95% of participants. Reductions in symptoms of anxiety and stress, with large within-group effect sizes (Cohen's d) were found on the GAD-7 (d=. 1.03) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales - 21 Items (d=. 0.98) at follow-up. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the program. These encouraging results provide tentative support for the online treatment of older adults with anxiety.
- Description
- 6 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 170100 Psychology
- Subject Keyword
- Anxiety
- Subject Keyword
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Subject Keyword
- Internet
- Subject Keyword
- Older adults
- Subject Keyword
- Outcome
- Subject Keyword
- Treatment
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Department of Psychology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/182403
- Identifier
- mq:20975
- Identifier
- ISSN:0887-6185
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2011008053
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-84863869927
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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