加拿大中部老年人通过电话群体精神健康支持:CONNECT计划的试点可接受性和有效性调查结果
Kristin Audrey Alison Reynolds1,2, Kira Kudar1, Jarod Joshi1
1Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Frontiers in public health
|September 22, 2025
概括
基于电话的小组干预 CONNECT 计划显著改善了老年人的心理健康和社会联系. 这个新的计划显示了对老年人可访问的心理健康支持的希望.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老年人经常经历焦虑,抑郁,孤独和社会隔离,但却面临着有限的治疗机会.
- 一个新的基于电话的六个会议的小组干预,CONNECT计划,是使用参与方法开发的.
- 该计划整合了接受和承诺治疗 (ACT),自我同情和成功的衰老理论.
研究的目的:
- 试点 CONNECT 计划,评估其可行性,可接受性和在老年人中初步的有效性.
- 确定与参与者体验和基于电话干预的感知好处相关的关键主题.
主要方法:
- 在2020年9月至2022年2月期间,CONNECT计划通过电话向7个组的34名参与者进行了交付.
- 量化数据是在基线和干预后收集的.
- 收集了包括干预后采访在内的定性数据,以探索参与者的经验.
主要成果:
- 该计划被发现是可行的,并可接受的参与者.
- 在抑郁症,情绪支持,心理健康素养和心理灵活性方面观察到显著的改善.
- 定性分析揭示了可访问性,连接性和感知好处的主题,包括行为和情绪变化.
结论:
- 连接计划是一个有希望的,可访问的,可接受的干预措施,以提高老年人的社会和心理健康指标.
- 这些发现支持未来的试验,将CONNECT计划与标准社区计划进行比较,并评估交付方式 (电话与视频会议).
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