Sarah Atoui, Paquito Bernard, Francesco Carli, A Sender Liberman
{"title":"Association Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Sleep-Related Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors: a Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Sarah Atoui, Paquito Bernard, Francesco Carli, A Sender Liberman","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10216-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10216-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Limited research has examined the association between moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep-related outcomes in cancer survivors. Therefore, this study aimed to examine these associations using a nationally representative sample of US adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from the 2005-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were analyzed. A total of 3229 adults with cancer histories were included. Physical activity was measured through accelerometry, and questions on daily activities, sedentary time, and sleep were collected during the household interview. Weighted multivariable analyses were conducted after accounting for the complex sampling design of the NHANES dataset.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After adjustments, physical activity and SB outcomes were associated with several self-reported sleep-related parameters. Increases in minutes of self-reported MVPA and SB were associated with a decreased likelihood of reporting ≥ 8 h of sleep (OR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.86, 0.99 and OR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.82, 0.95). Converse associations were found between device-measured MVPA and SB with the likelihood of reporting often/always feeling overly sleepy during the day (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.75 and OR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.05, respectively). However, an increased likelihood of waking up too early in the morning (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.04) was observed with increases in minutes of device-measured MVPA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A sensible strategy to decrease the frequency of sedentary breaks and increase minutes of physical activity throughout the day may reduce sleep complaints reported in cancer survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10186320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chi Tak Lee, Siobhan Harty, Adedeji Adegoke, Jorge Palacios, Claire M Gillan, Derek Richards
{"title":"Correction: The Effectiveness of Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Comorbid Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Long-Term Conditions: A Real-World Naturalistic Observational Study in IAPT Integrated Care.","authors":"Chi Tak Lee, Siobhan Harty, Adedeji Adegoke, Jorge Palacios, Claire M Gillan, Derek Richards","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10226-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10226-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41240872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meredith G Shea, Samantha G Farris, Jasmin Hutchinson, Samuel Headley, Patrick Schilling, Quinn R Pack
{"title":"Effects of Exercise Testing and Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease on Fear and Self-Efficacy of Exercise: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Meredith G Shea, Samantha G Farris, Jasmin Hutchinson, Samuel Headley, Patrick Schilling, Quinn R Pack","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10207-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10207-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Exercise fear and low exercise self-efficacy are common in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This study tested whether exercise prescription methods influence exercise fear and exercise self-efficacy. We hypothesized that the use of graded exercise testing (GXT) with a target heart rate range exercise prescription, relative to standard exercise prescription using rating of perceived exertion (RPE), would produce greater reductions in exercise fear and increase self-efficacy during CR.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Patients in CR (N = 32) were randomized to an exercise prescription using either RPE or a target heart rate range. Exercise fear and self-efficacy were assessed with questionnaires at three time points: baseline; after the GXT in target heart rate range group; and at session 6 for the RPE group and CR completion. Items were scored on a five-point Likert-type scale with higher mean scores reflecting higher fear of exercise and higher self-efficacy. To analyze mean differences, a mixed effects analysis was run.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no significant changes in exercise self-efficacy between baseline and discharge from CR; these were not statistically significant (mean differences baseline - 0.63; end - 0.27 (p = 0.13)). Similarly, there was no change in fear between groups (baseline 0.30; end 0.51 (p = 0.37)).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients in the RPE and target heart rate groups had non-significant changes in exercise self-efficacy over the course of CR. Contrary to our hypothesis, the use of GXT and target heart rate range did not reduce fear, and we noted sustained or increases in fear of exercise among patients with elevated baseline fear. A more targeted psychological intervention seems warranted to reduce exercise fear and self-efficacy in CR.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9963158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sharon Sánchez-Franco, Shannon C Montgomery, Erika S Torres-Narvaez, Ana M Ramírez, Jennifer M Murray, Christopher Tate, Blanca Llorente, Linda Bauld, Ruth F Hunter, Frank Kee, Olga L Sarmiento
{"title":"How Do Adolescent Smoking Prevention Interventions Work in Different Contextual Settings? A Qualitative Comparative Study Between the UK and Colombia.","authors":"Sharon Sánchez-Franco, Shannon C Montgomery, Erika S Torres-Narvaez, Ana M Ramírez, Jennifer M Murray, Christopher Tate, Blanca Llorente, Linda Bauld, Ruth F Hunter, Frank Kee, Olga L Sarmiento","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10211-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10211-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescent smoking is associated with significant health and social risks. Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of interventions based on behavior change theories in preventing adolescent smoking uptake. However, evidence from the theory-based perspective of evaluation is limited, especially for how such complex interventions work, and how they work when implemented in different contextual settings.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A comparative qualitative analysis was conducted to explore various influences on behavior change among participants taking part in two smoking prevention interventions in Northern Ireland and Bogotá. Twenty-seven focus groups were conducted in 12 schools (6 in Northern Ireland and 6 in Bogota, n = 195 pupils participated; aged 11-15 years). The Theoretical Domains Framework guided a content analysis of the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found similarities across settings in terms of knowledge, skills, and beliefs related to smoking or vaping behavior change, as well as differences in contextual resources and social influence. Different environmental resources included availability to purchase tobacco products in the neighborhoods and previous information about tobacco risk. Participants in both interventions perceived behavioral change outcomes related to personal skills and intention to not smoke or vape.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings have highlighted how both individual factors and contextual resources influence behavior change for smoking prevention in practice. Local contextual factors and social influences affecting pupils should be taken into account in the implementation and evaluation of health behavior change interventions. In particular, this study supports using social and contextual influence strategies in interventions to reduce the onset of adolescent smoking and vaping.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10204181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura M Bogart, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Keonayang Kgotlaetsile, David J Klein, Kathy Goggin, Mosepele Mosepele
{"title":"Pilot Test of Mopati, a Multi-Level Adherence Intervention for People Living with HIV and Their Treatment Partners in Botswana.","authors":"Laura M Bogart, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Keonayang Kgotlaetsile, David J Klein, Kathy Goggin, Mosepele Mosepele","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10233-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10233-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Low-cost, scalable strategies are necessary to reach the UNAIDS 2030 target of ending HIV as a public health threat. Use of treatment partners, informal caregivers selected by people living with HIV to support antiretroviral therapy adherence, is one such strategy that is included in many countries' HIV guidelines, including Botswana, a country with high HIV prevalence.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>From June 2021 to June 2022, we pilot tested a clinic-based treatment partner intervention (\"Mopati\"), including standardized language for providers to guide patients on treatment partner selection and workshops to train treatment partners on providing non-directive support to patients using a non-confrontational, non-judgmental approach. Sixty unsuppressed patients (30 per clinic) and 45 treatment partners (17 intervention, 28 control) were recruited from an intervention-control clinic matched-pair in Gaborone, Botswana.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mopati had medium-to-large effects on increasing patients' adherence, adherence self-efficacy, intrinsic adherence motivation, and perceived non-directive support from treatment partners, and decreasing treatment partner caregiver burden. Aggregate viral suppression rates significantly increased in the intervention (vs. control) clinic. Qualitative data from 14 clinic staff, 21 patients, and 16 treatment partners indicated that Mopati was viewed as effective. Providers said the guidance empowered them to be proactive in communicating about adherence; most reported using the guidance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study shows preliminary support for the use of treatment partners in HIV care, and further evidence for interventions that leverage patients' existing support. This research can inform ways to improve adherence to HIV treatment as well as the treatment of HIV-related comorbid conditions in lower-resource settings.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04796610.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11089073/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92157292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ishita Ghai, Glenn J Wagner, Joseph K B Matovu, Margrethe Juncker, Eve Namisango, Kathryn Bouskill, Sylvia Nakami, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Emmanuel Luyirika, Rhoda K Wanyenze
{"title":"Increased Knowledge Mediates the Effect of Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention on Diffusion of Cervical Cancer Screening Advocacy Among Social Network Members in a Pilot Trial.","authors":"Ishita Ghai, Glenn J Wagner, Joseph K B Matovu, Margrethe Juncker, Eve Namisango, Kathryn Bouskill, Sylvia Nakami, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Emmanuel Luyirika, Rhoda K Wanyenze","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10217-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10217-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention (GC-CCP), a peer-led, group advocacy training intervention, increased cervical cancer (CC) prevention advocacy not only among intervention recipients, but also their social network members (referred to as \"alters\") who were targeted with advocacy in a pilot randomized controlled trial. We examined mediators and moderators of this effect on alter advocacy, to understand how and for whom the intervention had such an effect.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Forty women (index participants) who had recently screened for CC enrolled and were randomly assigned to receive the GC-CCP intervention (n = 20) or the wait-list control (n = 20). Up to three alters from each participant (n = 103) were surveyed at baseline and month 6. Measures of CC-related cognitive constructs (knowledge, enacted stigma, and risk management self-efficacy), as well as extent of advocacy received from index participants, were assessed as mediators of the intervention effect on alter advocacy using multivariate regression analyses. Alter characteristics were examined as moderators.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Increased CC-related knowledge partially mediated the intervention effect on increased alter engagement in CC prevention advocacy; those with greater gains in knowledge reported greater engagement in advocacy. No moderators of the intervention effect were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The effect of GC-CCP on alter CC prevention advocacy is enhanced by increased alter knowledge pertaining to CC prevention, causes, and treatment and suggests this may be key for diffusion of intervention effects on increased CC prevention advocacy throughout a social network.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>NCT04960748 (registered on clinicaltrials.gov , 7/14/2021).</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10904666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10186322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Screening for Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Preliminary Evidence for a Family Functioning Tool.","authors":"Alejandra Fernandez, Alyssa Lozano, Tae Kyoung Lee, Guillermo Prado","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10209-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10209-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Family functioning is associated with adolescent drug use, alcohol use, cigarette use, and sexual risk behaviors. Assessing adolescents for family functioning, commonly associated with multiple risk behaviors, may help identify adolescents at risk for adverse health outcomes. This study examined whether a latent family functioning construct, encompassing multiple dimensions of family functioning, was associated with adolescents' substance use and sexual risk behaviors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study used data harmonization with three intervention trials, including data from 1451 adolescents (M = 13.6, SD = 1.0), to perform a full-information item bifactor analysis on 46 family functioning items from five pre-existing family functioning measures. Regression analysis was used to examine the association between the identified subset of items and the following outcomes: cigarette use, alcohol use, drug use, and condom use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Bifactor analysis identified a 26-item latent family functioning construct. Regression analysis indicated that a 26-item latent family functioning construct was associated negatively with lifetime and past 90-day cigarette use, alcohol use, and drug use.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In sum, the multi-dimensional latent family functioning construct may target specific barriers to risk screening in adolescent populations, including time constraint, hesitancy in discussing sensitive health topics, and use culturally appropriate and age-appropriate assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10054414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacklyn D Foley, R Monina Klevens, Conall O'Cleirigh, Calvin Fitch, Sara L Rodriguez, Abigail Batchelder
{"title":"Associations Between Health Insurance Coverage with HIV Detection and Prevention Behaviors Among Individuals with Undiagnosed HIV or at Increased Risk for HIV Infection in the USA.","authors":"Jacklyn D Foley, R Monina Klevens, Conall O'Cleirigh, Calvin Fitch, Sara L Rodriguez, Abigail Batchelder","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10218-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10218-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Improving HIV detection and prevention remains a critical public health initiative that requires policy-based solutions. This study sought to compare HIV detection/prevention behaviors before and after healthcare reform in Massachusetts, USA, among heterosexually active persons - the group with the highest reported number of undiagnosed HIV cases. The current study sought to (1) characterize differences in insurance coverage and HIV detection/prevention behaviors between cycles 1 (2006) to 5 (2019); (2) evaluate socio-demographic disparities in insurance coverage accounting for cycle; and (3) evaluate associations between health insurance coverage and HIV detection/prevention behaviors accounting for cycle and socio-demographics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a secondary analysis of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) project: Boston HET cycle (i.e., made up of heterosexually active persons living in the Boston area) data. Descriptive, bivariate (e.g., chi-square), and multiple logistic and negative binomial loglink regression analyses were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In chi-square analyses with post hoc Bonferroni tests, the proportion of participants with current health insurance significantly increased from cycle 1 (77%) to cycle 2 (95%), p < .001. In the regression models that controlled for NHBS cycle, 1-year change in age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02, 1.05), female gender (aOR = 3.41, 95% CI = 2.48, 4.69), and change in education category (aOR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.02, 1.39) were associated with a higher likelihood of having health insurance. In regression models that controlled for cycle, age, gender, and education, participants with health insurance were more likely than those without insurance to report seeing a medical provider in the past year (aOR = 3.49, 95% CI = 2.32, 4.66), ever having an HIV test (aOR = 1.52, 95% CI = 0.35, 2.69) and more frequent HIV testing in the past 2 years (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.44, 95% = 1.14, 1.82). Participants with health insurance did not differ from those without insurance in number of vaginal condomless sex partners (IRR = 1.16, 95% CI = 0.95, 1.41) but did report more condomless anal sex partners in the past year (IRR = 1.97, 95% CI = 1.46, 2.65).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates how health insurance coverage is positively associated with HIV detection and prevention relevant to both US and international efforts to end the HIV epidemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10226798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Rosenqvist, Hanna Konttinen, Noora Berg, Olli Kiviruusu
{"title":"Development of Body Dissatisfaction in Women and Men at Different Educational Levels During the Life Course.","authors":"Elena Rosenqvist, Hanna Konttinen, Noora Berg, Olli Kiviruusu","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10213-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10213-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Our study examines the rarely investigated associations between body dissatisfaction and educational level over the life course in women and men.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A Finnish cohort (N = 1955) was followed by questionnaires at ages 22, 32, 42, and 52. Body dissatisfaction was measured by asking the respondents to evaluate their appearance using five response options. Analyses were done using logistic regression, while latent class analyses were used to identify classes of body dissatisfaction trajectories over the life course.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Body dissatisfaction increased with age in women and men. Among men, body dissatisfaction was related to lower education at the ages of 32 and 42. Also, men with lower education were more likely to maintain a less positive body image over the life course. In women, increasing body dissatisfaction during the life course was associated with lower education.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Differences in body dissatisfaction based on educational level are important to take into account in public health actions aiming to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10011738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chi Tak Lee, Siobhan Harty, Adedeji Adegoke, Jorge Palacios, Claire M Gillan, Derek Richards
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Comorbid Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Long-Term Conditions: A Real-World Naturalistic Observational Study in IAPT Integrated Care.","authors":"Chi Tak Lee, Siobhan Harty, Adedeji Adegoke, Jorge Palacios, Claire M Gillan, Derek Richards","doi":"10.1007/s12529-023-10215-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12529-023-10215-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Low-intensity psychological interventions may be a cost-effective, accessible solution for treating depression and anxiety in patients with long-term conditions, but evidence from real-world service settings is lacking. This study examined the effectiveness of low-intensity psychological interventions provided in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in England for patients with and without long-term conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients (total N = 21,051, long-term conditions n = 4024) enrolled in three low-intensity psychological interventions, i.e. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT), guided self-help (GSH), and psychoeducational group therapy (PGT) within a Talking Therapies service from 2016 to 2020. Primary outcomes included pre-post-treatment changes in depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and anxiety (Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, both cohorts significantly improved on all outcomes post-treatment, with large effect sizes. Patients with long-term conditions experienced a greater reduction in depression while those without experienced a greater reduction in anxiety, but these differences were marginal (< 1 score difference on both measures). No difference between the cohorts was shown when comparing the differential effectiveness across interventions, but those engaging in iCBT showed greater reduction in depression and anxiety than those in GSH and PGT, while those in GSH improved more than PGT.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Low-intensity psychological interventions, particularly iCBT, were effective in treating depression and anxiety in patients with long-term conditions in a real-world service setting. Our large-scale study supports the continued and increased implementation of low-intensity psychological interventions for this subpopulation via integrated care.</p>","PeriodicalId":54208,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Behavioral Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10204182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}