A Home-Based Intervention to Reduce Depressive Symptoms and Improve Quality of Life in Older African Americans
@article{Gitlin2013AHI, title={A Home-Based Intervention to Reduce Depressive Symptoms and Improve Quality of Life in Older African Americans}, author={Laura N. Gitlin and Lynn Fields Harris and Megan C. McCoy and Nancy L. Chernett and Laura T. Pizzi and Eric Jutkowitz and Ed Hess and Walter W. Hauck}, journal={Annals of Internal Medicine}, year={2013}, volume={159}, pages={243 - 252} }
BACKGROUND
Effective care models for treating older African Americans with depressive symptoms are needed. [] Key MethodDESIGN
Parallel, randomized trial stratified by recruitment site. Interviewers assessing outcomes were blinded to treatment assignment. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00511680).
SETTING
A senior center and participants' homes from 2008 to 2010.
PATIENTS
African Americans aged 55 years or older with depressive symptoms.
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