Landreville P, Landry J, Baillargeon L, Guérette A
School of Psychology, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2001 Sep;56(5):P285-91. doi: 10.1093/geronb/56.5.p285.
Two hundred participants aged 65 and older recruited from 4 different family medicine clinics rated the acceptability of 3 different treatments for geriatric depression: (a) cognitive therapy (CT), (b) cognitive bibliotherapy (CB), and (c) antidepressant medication (AM). Results showed that the acceptability of the treatments is a function of the severity of the symptoms of the depressed patient to whom they would be applied. CT and CB were rated as more acceptable than AM when patient symptoms were mild to moderate. However, CT was more acceptable than both CB and AM when patient symptoms were described as severe. Acceptability ratings were not related to the raters' own depressive symptoms. The practical implications of these results are discussed.
从4家不同的家庭医学诊所招募的200名65岁及以上的参与者对老年抑郁症的3种不同治疗方法的可接受性进行了评分：(a)认知疗法(CT)，(b)认知自助疗法(CB)，以及(c)抗抑郁药物(AM)。结果表明，治疗方法的可接受性取决于其应用对象即抑郁症患者症状的严重程度。当患者症状为轻度至中度时，CT和CB的可接受性评分高于AM。然而，当患者症状被描述为重度时，CT的可接受性高于CB和AM。可接受性评分与评分者自身的抑郁症状无关。本文讨论了这些结果的实际意义。
