Predictors of treatment satisfaction among older adults with anxiety in a primary care psychology program

Natalie E. Hundt, Maria E.A. Armento, Bennett Porter, Jeffrey A. Cully, Mark E. Kunik and Melinda Stanley

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2013, vol. 37, issue C, 58-63

Abstract: Increasing numbers of patients are treated in integrated primary care mental health programs. The current study examined predictors of satisfaction with treatment in patients from a randomized clinical trial of late-life generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in primary care. Higher treatment satisfaction was associated with receiving CBT rather than enhanced usual care. Treatment credibility, treatment expectancies, social support, and improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms predicted higher treatment satisfaction in the total sample. In the CBT group, only credibility and adherence with treatment predicted satisfaction. This suggests that older patients receiving CBT who believe more strongly in the treatment rationale and follow the therapist's recommendations more closely are likely to report satisfaction at the end of treatment. In addition, this study found that adherence mediated the relationship between treatment credibility and treatment satisfaction. In other words, patients’ perceptions that the treatment made sense for them led to greater treatment adherence which then increased their satisfaction with treatment.

Keywords: Primary care; Psychotherapy; Generalized anxiety disorder; Older adults; Treatment satisfaction; Adherence; Expectancies; Social support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.01.003

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