Pilot Study of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression Among Young People With Chronic Illness. 2023

Caitlin S Sayegh, and Whitney A Brammer, and Stephanie M Wright, and Choo Phei Wee, and Sara Sherer
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles (all authors); Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Sayegh, Sherer).

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is an evidence-based treatment for depression, demonstrating efficacy with adolescents and young adults. Social support is proposed to be an important treatment component and may be helpful for adolescents and young adults with chronic illness. The authors sought to assess the feasibility of delivering IPT to this population and to examine changes in depressive symptoms and perceived social support. An open-label feasibility trial of group-based IPT was conducted for adolescents and young adults with chronic illness (N=17). The 12-session group IPT was concurrent with group members' individual psychotherapy, and group IPT was focused on providing support in navigating interpersonal challenges related to the participants' chronic illness. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms and social support before treatment, midtreatment (6 weeks), and after treatment (12 weeks). Generalized estimating equation models, adjusted for repeated measures, were used to assess changes in depressive symptoms and social support over the course of treatment. Deidentified clinical examples illustrated how IPT was practiced in a community mental health setting. Evidence for the feasibility of group IPT was mixed. Although participants had poor session attendance, there was a significant decrease in depressive symptoms (β=-2.94, 95% CI=-5.30 to -0.59, p=0.014) and a significant increase in perceived social support (β=4.24, 95% CI=0.51 to 7.98, p=0.026) by the end of treatment. IPT may help address depressive symptoms and enhance social support among adolescents and young adults with chronic illness. Further research and adaptation are needed to address feasibility challenges in delivering group IPT to this population.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007398 Interpersonal Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons. Social Relationships,Husband-Wife Communication,Partner Communication,Communication, Husband-Wife,Communication, Partner,Husband Wife Communication,Husband-Wife Communications,Interpersonal Relation,Partner Communications,Relation, Interpersonal,Relationship, Social,Social Relationship
D010865 Pilot Projects Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work. Pilot Studies,Pilot Study,Pilot Project,Project, Pilot,Projects, Pilot,Studies, Pilot,Study, Pilot
D011613 Psychotherapy A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication. Psychotherapies
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D003863 Depression Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders. Depressive Symptoms,Emotional Depression,Depression, Emotional,Depressive Symptom,Symptom, Depressive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000079062 Interpersonal Psychotherapy Interpersonal modification of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Therapy is present-focused and seeks to resolve problems in interpersonal relations. Aspects of attachment theory are used to analyze how past relationships affect current relationships. Psychotherapy, Interpersonal
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D055815 Young Adult A person between 19 and 24 years of age. Adult, Young,Adults, Young,Young Adults

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