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Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças

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MEDEIROS, Antônio  and  HARTMANN JUNIOR, José. Protocol based on acceptance and commitment therapy for geriatric depression. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.2, pp.688-702.  Epub Aug 31, 2021. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/21psd220230.

The aging of the population leads us to think about the need for new forms of care to the demands that start to emerge. Geriatric. In the elderly, depression comes from isolation, feelings of hopelessness, irritability and low tolerance for frustration. From that, this study aimed to evaluate a psychotherapy protocol for geriatric depression developed from the integration of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with other models. It is a randomized, open, controlled, parallel, one-arm clinical trial with no control group. A total population of nine elderly women who underwent 12 sessions. To assess its effectiveness, levels of geriatric depression, positivity, life satisfaction and anxiety. The tests occurred at four moments: the first session, the sixth, the last, and three months after the end of the intervention and were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The results show a decrease in depression (T = 0.09) and anxiety (T = 0.04) and an increase in Positivity (T = 0.09) and satisfaction with life (T = 0.09). It was concluded that the Kairós protocol presents evidence of efficacy, despite the non-generalization of the data. Further studies with larger populations are required.

Keywords : Elderly; depression; acceptance and commitment therapy; clinical trial.

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