Treatment of Late-Life Anxiety in a Primary Care Setting

描述(申请人提供)：这是一份以病人为导向的职业发展指导奖(K23)的申请书。应用程序的总体目标是为候选人提供研究和教育经验，以成为初级保健环境中老年人焦虑治疗干预有效性研究的独立调查者。拟议的这项研究旨在检查认知行为指导的自我护理干预对被诊断为广泛性焦虑症并从初级保健环境中招募的老年人的结果。这位候选人选择了一些杰出的研究人员担任导师和顾问。候选人的短期目标是加强她在晚年焦虑症治疗研究的设计、方法和后勤方面的知识和经验；加强她在有效性和治疗研究结果分析中应用复杂统计方法的知识和技能；完善老年人焦虑症治疗干预手册；收集大量试点数据，为提交R01申请进行全面的晚年焦虑症治疗有效性试验做准备。候选人的长期目标是发展专业知识，成为治疗晚年焦虑症的独立研究员；利用从K奖收集的试点数据，成功地准备一项由R01资助的拨款；开发一项治疗老年人焦虑的研究计划；以及发展足够的研究技能和能力，以指导和指导初级教师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award (K23). The overall aim of the application is to provide the candidate with the research and educational experiences to become an independent investigator in the study of the effectiveness of anxiety treatment interventions with older adults in primary care settings. The research study proposed is designed to examine the outcomes of a cognitive behavioral guided self-care intervention with older adults diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and recruited from a primary care setting. The candidate has chosen a number of distinguished researchers to serve as mentors and consultants. The candidate's short-term goals are to strengthen her knowledge of and experience in the design, methodology, and logistics of late-life anxiety treatment studies; strengthen her knowledge and skills in the application of complex statistical methods in the analysis of results from effectiveness and treatment studies; refine an intervention manual for the treatment of anxiety disorders in older adults; and collect substantial pilot data in preparation for the submission of an R01 application to conduct a full late-life anxiety treatment effectiveness trial. The candidate's long-term goals are to develop expertise and become an independent investigator in the treatment of late-life anxiety; successfully prepare a funded R01 grant using the pilot data collected from the K Award; develop a program of research in the treatment of anxiety in older adults; and develop research skills and abilities sufficient to instruct and mentor junior faculty.