Publications by authors named "Carol N Montoya"
Article Synopsis
- About 15% of older adults in the U.S. deal with feelings of depression, and there's a program called PEARLS that helps them manage it by providing support and teaching skills.
- A study from 2015 to 2021 looked at over 1,000 people in this program to see if it worked for reducing depression symptoms.
- The results showed that many participants felt better, with about 35% completely overcoming their depression, and those with more severe depression had a harder time improving compared to those with milder cases.
Objective: To evaluate PEARLS effectiveness for increasing social connectedness among underserved older adults with depression.
Design: Multisite, pre-post single-group evaluation.
Setting: Community-based social service organizations (N = 16) in five U.