TY - JOUR
T1 - Specialist mental health consultation for depression in Australian aged care residents with dementia: a cluster randomized trial
AU - McSweeney, Kate
AU - Jeffreys, Aimee Catherine
AU - Griffith, Joanne Lee
AU - Plakiotis, Chris
AU - Kharsas, Renee
AU - O'Connor, Daniel William
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial sought to determine whether multidisciplinary
specialist mental health consultation was more effective than care as usual in treating the depression of
aged care residents with dementia. Methods: Three hundred and eighty nine aged care residents were screened for dementia and major
depression. Forty four were ultimately included in the intervention sample, selected from 20 aged care
facilities located in Melbourne, Australia. Facilities were randomly allocated to an intervention condition involving the provision of multidisciplinary specialist consultation regarding the best-practice
management of depression in dementia, or to a care as usual condition. Consultations involved individually tailored medical and psychosocial recommendations provided to care staff and general practitioners. All residents participated in a comprehensive pre-intervention diagnostic assessment,
including the administration of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. This assessment was
repeated approximately 15 weeks post-intervention by a rater blind to study condition.
AB - Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial sought to determine whether multidisciplinary
specialist mental health consultation was more effective than care as usual in treating the depression of
aged care residents with dementia. Methods: Three hundred and eighty nine aged care residents were screened for dementia and major
depression. Forty four were ultimately included in the intervention sample, selected from 20 aged care
facilities located in Melbourne, Australia. Facilities were randomly allocated to an intervention condition involving the provision of multidisciplinary specialist consultation regarding the best-practice
management of depression in dementia, or to a care as usual condition. Consultations involved individually tailored medical and psychosocial recommendations provided to care staff and general practitioners. All residents participated in a comprehensive pre-intervention diagnostic assessment,
including the administration of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. This assessment was
repeated approximately 15 weeks post-intervention by a rater blind to study condition.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.3762/pdf
U2 - 10.1002/gps.3762
DO - 10.1002/gps.3762
M3 - Article
SN - 0885-6230
VL - 27
SP - 1163
EP - 1171
JO - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -
