Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial
Overview
This pragmatic single-blind cluster randomized trial compares a brief blended acceptance and commitment therapy intervention with face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy for older adults experiencing anxiety symptoms in primary care settings. The study evaluates changes in anxiety severity, positive mental health, depression, functional impairment, and treatment satisfaction over a 12-month period among participants aged 55 to 75 years. Results indicate that both interventions produced large reductions in anxiety symptoms with no significant difference between groups, although the blended ACT group reported higher treatment satisfaction and stronger long-term effects on positive mental health.
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- Maartje Witlox (Leiden University), Nadia Garnefski (Leiden University), Vivian Kraaij (Leiden University), Margot W. M. de Waal (Leiden University Medical Center), Filip Smit (Trimbos Institute), Ernst T. Bohlmeijer (University of Twente), Philip Spinhoven (Leiden University)
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- 2021-03-26
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- gold
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- 10.2196/24366
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- 43
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@article{allodium:83fd02d7430741d0,
title = {Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial},
author = {Maartje Witlox and Nadia Garnefski and Vivian Kraaij and Margot W. M. de Waal and Filip Smit and Ernst T. Bohlmeijer and Philip Spinhoven},
year = {2021},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.2196/24366},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/24366}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial AU - Witlox, Maartje AU - Garnefski, Nadia AU - Kraaij, Vivian AU - Waal, Margot W. M. de AU - Smit, Filip AU - Bohlmeijer, Ernst T. AU - Spinhoven, Philip PY - 2021 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.2196/24366 UR - https://doi.org/10.2196/24366 ER -
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Witlox, M., Garnefski, N., Kraaij, V., Waal, M. W. M. D., Smit, F., Bohlmeijer, E. T., & Spinhoven, P. (2021). Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.2196/24366
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