Cochrane · systematic review · CD013059
Psychological therapies for depression in older adults residing in long‐term care settings
Davison, TE, Bhar, S, Wells, Y, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2024 · Cochrane Library
Common Mental DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Any psychological therapy versus any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up
Population: older people with depression
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Depressive symptomatology (lower = less depressive symptomatology): end‐of‐intervention Any psychological therapy vs any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 18 studies · 644 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Treatment non‐acceptability (higher = greater non‐acceptability): end‐of‐intervention Any psychological therapy vs any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 313 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Depression remission (presence or absence of MDD):end‐of‐intervention Any psychological therapy vs any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 82 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of life or psychological well‐being (higher = higher quality of life or psychological well‐being): end‐of‐intervention Any psychological therapy vs any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 195 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Anxious symptomatology (lower = less anxious symptomatology): end‐of‐intervention Any psychological therapy vs any non‐therapy comparator: end‐of‐intervention and short‐term follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 115 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |