This study is on a type of psychotherapy to treat depression in older adults called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-OA). CBT is based on the idea that changing thoughts and behaviours can improve mood. CBT has been shown to treat depression in many types of people. CBT-OA changes the usual approaches used for older adults and offers the therapy in a group settings for 8 weeks, for 2 hours a week. Participants will be randomly (by chance) placed into one of two study groups. One group will receive CBT-OA treatment right away. The other group (Treatment As Usual) will receive standard care from their doctor during the 12-week study period. Both groups will be closely monitored during the study period. The standard care group will be offered CBT-OA in a future session outside of the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
CBT-OA integrates modifications to standard CBT to consider age-related physical, cognitive and psychological changes. CBT-OA also integrates positive psychiatry principles for older adults to promote behavioural change and health attitude change.
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
The primary outcome measure will be patient-rated depression on the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), a standardized patient-report scale commonly used in CBT depression intervention research.
Time frame: 12 weeks
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