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Integrated Telehealth Care For Chronic Illness And Depression In Geriatric Home Care Patients: The Integrated Telehealth Education And Activation Of Mood (I-Team) Study, Zvi Gellis, Bonnie Kenaley, Thomas Have
Integrated Telehealth Care For Chronic Illness And Depression In Geriatric Home Care Patients: The Integrated Telehealth Education And Activation Of Mood (I-Team) Study, Zvi Gellis, Bonnie Kenaley, Thomas Have
Bonnie Kenaley
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate an integrated telehealth intervention (Integrated Telehealth Education and Activation of Mood (I-TEAM)) to improve chronic illness (congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and comorbid depression in the home healthcare setting. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Hospital-affiliated home healthcare setting. PARTICIPANTS: Medically frail older homebound individuals (N = 102). INTERVENTION: The 3-month intervention consisted of integrated telehealth chronic illness and depression care, with a telehealth nurse conducting daily telemonitoring of symptoms, body weight, and medication use; providing eight weekly sessions of problem-solving treatment for depression; and providing for communication with participants' primary care physicians, who also prescribed …
Screening, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Depression In Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease, Scott D. Cohen, Lorenzo Norris, Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Rolf A. Peterson, Paul L. Kimmel
Screening, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Depression In Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease, Scott D. Cohen, Lorenzo Norris, Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Rolf A. Peterson, Paul L. Kimmel
Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW
Depression is common in patients with end-stage renal disease and has been linked to increased mortality. Screening for depression in the general medical population remains controversial; however, given the high prevalence of depression and its significant impact on morbidity and mortality, a strong case for depression screening in patients with end-stage renal disease can be made. Several studies have been performed to validate the more common depression screening measures in patients with chronic kidney disease. The Beck Depression Inventory, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, the Nine-Question Patient Health Questionnaire, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale are some …