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Perioperative Mental Health Intervention For Depression And Anxiety Symptoms In Older Adults Study Protocol: Design And Methods For Three Linked Randomised Controlled Trials, Katherine J Holzer, Kimberly A Bartosiak, Ryan P Calfee, Chet W Hammill, Simon Haroutounian, Benjamin D Kozower, Theresa A Cordner, Emily M Lenard, Kenneth E Freedland, Bethany R Tellor Pennington, J Philip Miller, Mary C Politi, Yi Zhang, Michael D Yingling, Ana A Baumann, Thomas Kannampallil, Julia A Schweiger, Sherry L Mckinnon, Michael S Avidan, Eric J Lenze, Joanna Abraham, Et Al.
Perioperative Mental Health Intervention For Depression And Anxiety Symptoms In Older Adults Study Protocol: Design And Methods For Three Linked Randomised Controlled Trials, Katherine J Holzer, Kimberly A Bartosiak, Ryan P Calfee, Chet W Hammill, Simon Haroutounian, Benjamin D Kozower, Theresa A Cordner, Emily M Lenard, Kenneth E Freedland, Bethany R Tellor Pennington, J Philip Miller, Mary C Politi, Yi Zhang, Michael D Yingling, Ana A Baumann, Thomas Kannampallil, Julia A Schweiger, Sherry L Mckinnon, Michael S Avidan, Eric J Lenze, Joanna Abraham, Et Al.
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INTRODUCTION: Preoperative anxiety and depression symptoms among older surgical patients are associated with poor postoperative outcomes, yet evidence-based interventions for anxiety and depression have not been applied within this setting. We present a protocol for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in three surgical cohorts: cardiac, oncological and orthopaedic, investigating whether a perioperative mental health intervention, with psychological and pharmacological components, reduces perioperative symptoms of depression and anxiety in older surgical patients.
METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Adults ≥60 years undergoing cardiac, orthopaedic or oncological surgery will be enrolled in one of three-linked type 1 hybrid effectiveness/implementation RCTs that will be conducted in tandem …