Behavioural Activation to mitigate the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on older people in England and Wales (BASIL+): A pragmatic randomised controlled trial
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756823002386
Behavioural Activation for Social IsoLation (BASIL+) trial (Behavioural activation to mitigate depression and loneliness among older people with long-term conditions): Protocol for a fully-powered pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263856
Mitigating the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on older people: The UK Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation (BASIL+) COVID-19 Urgent Public Health (UPH) trial and living systematic review.
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.13.23291329v1
Cost-utility of behavioural activation for mitigating psychological impacts of COVID-19 on socially isolated older adults with depression and multiple long-term conditions compared with usual care: results from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
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https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e301270
Process evaluation of the BASIL+ trial: A behavioural activation approach to addressing low mood and depression among older people with long-term conditions
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https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000105
Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003779
Acceptability of a behavioural intervention to mitigate the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions in older people with long-term conditions: a qualitative study.
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Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL urgent public health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review.
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https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/e1/e49.info
BASIL+ Statistical Analysis Plan
BASIL+ Trial Protocol
Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19: where are the mental health trials?
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00204-2/fulltext
An interview between David Ekers (MODS Chief Investigator) and Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity (Mental Health Nurse) about Behavioural Activation. The interview took place at the Global Consortium for Depression Prevention.
"A lifeline" - A BASIL Participant Interview.
BASIL researchers Della and Suzanne are joined by study participants Richard and Mary to discuss their experience of the trial and what it meant to them.