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data-lazy-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415/http://st1.thehealthsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/old-age-and-depression.jpg" class="lazy lazy-hidden attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="old age and depression"/><noscript><img width="600" height="320" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415im_/http://st1.thehealthsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/old-age-and-depression.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="old age and depression"/></noscript> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <aside itemprop="articleBody" class="col-xs-9 article-des-in eventtracker articleBody" data-event-sub-cat="InternalLink" data-event-title="yes">  <p>According to the results of a clinical trial in 241 depressed elderly veterans, home-based telemental health for depression is well received by patients and delivers as good a quality of life as in-person visits. The study has been reported in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry by investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. Depression affects 10 percent of Americans and is a leading cause of disability and mortality. And yet, only an estimated 56 percent of patients with depression seek treatment. Barriers to treatment include mobility issues, transportation costs, missed days of work, geographic isolation and fear of the associated stigma. By overcoming some of those barriers, proponents of telemental health say it could improve access to care for these patients. Lead researcher Leonard E. Egede said, ‘This is the largest randomized clinical trial to date examining whether differences exist in patient perceptions, satisfaction, therapeutic alliance and quality of life between telemental health and same-room care.’ Male and female veterans aged 58 years and older, who met the criteria for major depressive disorder, including Vietnam-era veterans, were eligible for enrollment in the trial.</p> <p>All participants received eight weeks of behavioral activation therapy and were randomly assigned to telemental health or in-person counseling. Behavioral activation reflects the notion that the patient’s activity plays a role in how the person feels and the goal of therapy is to reduce behaviors that promote depression. Telemental health treatment sessions were delivered via in-home videoconferencing using a standard telephone line and did not require an internet connection. The 36-item Short Form Survey was used to assess quality of life and the Charleston Psychiatric Outpatient Satisfaction Scale was used to assess patient satisfaction. Scores on these scales did not differ significantly at 12-month follow-ups between veterans who received <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415/http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/depression/001/">depression</a> care via telemental heath and those who received in-person care. The team had previously reported primary outcome and cost analysis results from this same trial of 241 depressed elderly veterans. In a 2015 Lancet Psychiatry article, Egede showed that telemental health was not inferior to same-room delivery in patients with a major depressive disorder for eliciting a treatment response. A treatment response was defined as a 50 percent decrease in depression symptoms at a 12-month follow-up appointment versus baseline and the absence of a diagnosis of major depressive disorder at a 12-month follow-up. (Read: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415/http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/seemingly-harmless-habits-that-can-lead-to-depression-v0216/">7 seemingly harmless habits that can lead to depression</a>)</p><div id="rcjsload_5c60de"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); var rcel = document.createElement("script"); rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; rcel.src = "https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415/http://trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=48071&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+referer; rcel.async = true; var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_5c60de"); rcds.appendChild(rcel); })(); </script> <p>In the researchers showed that the overall inpatient costs as well as outpatient and pharmacy costs for treating depression increase over time in elderly veterans, regardless of whether the treatment is delivered in person or via telemental health. This increase in cost is likely a result of the rising number of visits. In conjunction with these earlier findings that primary outcomes and costs for telemental health are similar to those for in-person depression care, the report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggests that telemental health is a viable alternative to in-person visits because it delivers a similar quality of life and patient satisfaction. Most of the elderly veterans enrolled in this study were men. Patients with active psychosis, dementia, a substance dependence or suicidal ideation and clear intent were excluded from the trial. As such, the study’s findings may not apply to those populations. Did you know these <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161126123415/http://www.thehealthsite.com/photo-gallery/8-things-about-depression-no-one-told-you-po1214/">8 interesting facts about depression</a>?</p> <p>Simple solutions such as home-based videoconferencing that does not require an internet connection may be an effective way to address the mental health needs of rural patients, particularly elderly ones. However, not all insurance companies currently reimburse for telemental health for depression. Evidence that telemental heath delivers similar treatment response, patient satisfaction and quality of life at a similar cost as in-person clinics suggests that it may be time for that to change, Egede said. ‘Taken together, these three studies demonstrate that telemental health is equivalent to in-person care for depression in terms of primary outcomes, secondary outcomes and quality of life, as well as cost,’ he said. 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