Effectiveness of primary care psychological therapy services for the treatment of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: Evidence from national healthcare records in England.

Autor: Bell G; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Baou CE; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Saunders R; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK.; Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Buckman JEJ; Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK.; iCope - Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, St Pancras Hospital, London, UK., Charlesworth G; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK.; North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), London, UK., Richards M; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, UCL, London, UK., Brown B; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Nurock S; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Michael S; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Ware P; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Aguirre E; North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), London, UK., Rio M; Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL, London, UK., Cooper C; Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute for Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Pilling S; Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK.; Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, St Pancras Hospital, London, UK., John A; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK., Stott J; Adapt Lab, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL, London, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: EClinicalMedicine [EClinicalMedicine] 2022 Oct 14; Vol. 52, pp. 101692. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 14 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101692
Abstrakt: Background: Depression and anxiety are common and deleterious in people living with dementia (PLWD). It is currently unknown whether routinely provided psychological therapy can help reduce these symptoms in PLWD. This study aimed to investigate improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms over the course of therapy offered in primary care psychological therapy services in PLWD and to compare outcomes to people without dementia.
Methods: National data from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (IAPT) across England linked with Hospital Episode Statistics data, the Mental Health Services Dataset, and HES-ONS mortality data were used to identify 1,549 PLWD who completed a course of psychological treatment in IAPT between 2012-2019 and a propensity score matched control group without identified dementia. Outcome measures included pre-post intervention changes in depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) symptoms and therapy outcomes (reliable improvement, recovery, deterioration).
Findings: Symptoms of depression ( t (1548)=31·05, p <·001) and anxiety ( t (1548)=30·31, p <·001) improved in PLWD over the course of psychological therapy with large effect sizes (depression: d =-0·83; anxiety: d =-0·80). However, PLWD were less likely to reliably improve (OR=·75, 95%CI[·63,·88], p<·001) or recover (OR=·75, 95%CI[·64,·88], p =·001), and more likely to deteriorate (OR=1·35, 95%CI[1·03,1·78], p= ·029) than a matched control sample without dementia.
Interpretation: Psychological therapy may be beneficial for PLWD with depression or anxiety, but it is currently not as effective as for people without dementia. More research is needed to improve access to psychological therapies and to understand this discrepancy and how therapies can be adapted to further improve outcomes.
Funding: This work was supported by the Alzheimer's Society.
Competing Interests: GB, JS, and AJ are supported by the Alzheimer's Society (AS-PG-18-013). JB is supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. CEB has been a consultant to Eli Lilly and Company. RS held unrelated honorary position with NHS England, time was compensated through financial support to employing institution. JS has been a consultant to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and is involved in unrelated research projects funded by NIHR Public Health Research, Dunhill Medical Trust, and ESRC/NIHR.
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Databáze: MEDLINE