Phone Therapy Outreach for Blind Elderly
Abstract
Self-help groups of elderly persons who had been blind for several years met by phone for short-term problem solving and discussion of coping methods. Task-centered assignments helped the majority meet their goal of decreasing feelings of hopelessness and increasing social activities outside of the home. Improved affect and development of new social role skills were attributed to the brief intervention. The key clinical implication is to emphasize outpatient rehabilitation follow-up using cognitive behavioral techniques.
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In the telephone-based group therapy study, no effect was observed on depressive symptoms.
“No effect was observed on depressive symptoms.”
From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
A telephone-based group therapy that taught older people how to cope with their blindness was reported to increase numbers of social activities and reduce levels of loneliness among participants compared with controls at eight weeks.
“A telephone-based group therapy that taught older people how to cope with their blindness [73] was reported to increase numbers of social activities and reduce levels of loneliness amongst participants in comparison with controls at eight weeks.”
From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
Thirteen out of 19 (68%) group interventions in this review had a positive effect on at least one of the four social health sub-domains.
“Thirteen out of 19 (68%) group interventions in this review [13,53,55,60,63,66-69,73-76] had a positive effect on at least one of the four social health sub-domains.”
From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
All interventions delivered by counsellors and by students reported at least one beneficial effect.
“All interventions delivered by counsellors [53,54,73] and by students [59,66,71,78] reported at least one beneficial effect”
From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
Thirteen out of 15 (87%) interventions categorised as having a theoretical basis reported beneficial effects on at least one outcome domain compared with 10 out of 17 (59%) studies categorised as having no theoretical basis.
“Thirteen out of 15 (87%) interventions categorised as having a theoretical basis reported beneficial effects on at least one outcome domain [13,53-55,59,65,67-69,73-75,81] compared with 10/17 (59%) studies categorised as having no theoretical basis [52,56,60,63,66,70,71,76,78,79].”
From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
Twelve out of 15 (80%) support interventions reported beneficial effects.
“Twelve out of the 15 (80%) support interventions reported beneficial effects [52-56,63,66,68,69,73,75,76].”
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“…12 studies originally failed to meet this criterion (Andersson, 1985; Brown, Allen, Dwozan, Mercer, & Warren, 2004; Clarke, Clarke, & Jagger, 1992; Evans & Jaureguy, 1982; Evans, Smith, Werkhoven, Fox, & Pritzl, 1986; Jones et al., 1982; McLarnon & Kaloupek, 1988; Routasalo, Tilvis, Kautiainen, &…”
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- Authors
- Evans, R. L., & Jaureguy, B. M.
- Affiliations
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Venue
- The Gerontologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1982-02-01
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 32-35
- ISSN
- 0016-9013 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5341
- OpenAlex
- W2140410855
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Gerontologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- telephone therapy, self-help groups, coping, hopelessness, social activity, cognitive behavioral therapy
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Blindness, Female, Health Services for the Aged, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Brief, Self-Help Groups, Telephone, Washington
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