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Luo J, Tang L, Kong X, Li Y. Global, regional, and national burdens of depressive disorders in adolescents and young adults aged 10-24 years from 1990 to 2019: A trend analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Asian J Psychiatr 2024; 92:103905. [PMID: 38262303 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Depressive disorders (DD) including dysthymia and major depressive disorder (MDD) are common among adolescents and young adults. However, global trends in DD burden remain unclear. METHODS We analysed data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study on incidence, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and mortality due to DD from 1990 to 2019 at global, regional and national levels. RESULTS Globally, dysthymia incidence increased notably in females, older age groups, and lower-middle income countries from 1990 to 2019. In contrast, MDD incidence decreased slightly over this period except in high-income North America. Females and middle-income countries had the highest dysthymia burden while North America had the highest MDD incidence and DALYs. Oman and Malaysia experienced largest increases in dysthymia and MDD burden respectively. CONCLUSION Despite certain global indicators suggesting a leveling off or decrease, it's clear that depressive disorders continue to be a significant and increasing issue, particularly among women, teenagers, and young adults. Differences between regions and countries indicate that specific interventions aimed at addressing economic inequalities, improving healthcare systems, and taking cultural factors into account could make a real difference in lessening the burden of depressive disorders. More research is needed to understand what's driving these trends so that we can develop better strategies for preventing and managing these conditions.
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- Jianzhang Luo
- Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Institute of Prevention and Control of Non‑communicable Chronic Diseases, Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
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- Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Burruss NC, Murray C, Li W, Sowa NA. Integrated Care Education for General Psychiatry Residents in the US: a Review of the Literature. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2023; 47:390-401. [PMID: 36944754 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-023-01760-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review was to synthesize published literature describing integrated care education available to general psychiatry residents in the United States (US) in order to better understand curricular models and summarize curriculum barriers and facilitators. METHODS The authors searched electronic databases for articles describing integrated care education for general psychiatry residents. Minimum inclusion criteria were focus on an ambulatory integrated care curriculum, description of the study population and training program, publication in English, and program location in the US. Data extracted included trainee, faculty, or collaborator evaluations, educational model, level of care integration, and barriers or facilitators to implementation. RESULTS The literature search identified 18 articles describing curricula at 26 residency programs for inclusion. Most programs offered clinical and didactic curricula to advanced trainees across a variety of care integration levels. Common barriers included fiscal vulnerability and difficulties identifying team members or clarifying team member roles. Common facilitators included institutional and interdepartmental support, dedicated space, and faculty supervision. No statistical analysis was able to be performed due to study heterogeneity. CONCLUSIONS This review found a relatively small number of articles written about integrated care education for psychiatry residents. Resident evaluation suggests this training is valuable regardless of curriculum structure, training years, or level of care integration. Dedicated funding, staff, and space were crucial for successful curricula. This review highlights a need for more rigorous research characterizing and evaluating integrated care education.
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- University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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McConnell KJ, Edelstein S, Hall J, Levy A, Danna M, Cohen DJ, Lindner S, Unützer J, Zhu JM. The effects of behavioral health integration in Medicaid managed care on access to mental health and primary care services-Evidence from early adopters. Health Serv Res 2023; 58:622-633. [PMID: 36635871 PMCID: PMC10154169 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impacts of a transition to an "integrated managed care" model, wherein Medicaid managed care organizations moved from a "carve-out" model to a "carve-in" model integrating the financing of behavioral and physical health care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Medicaid claims data from Washington State, 2014-2019, supplemented with structured interviews with key stakeholders. STUDY DESIGN This mixed-methods study used difference-in-differences models to compare changes in two counties that transitioned to financial integration in 2016 to 10 comparison counties maintaining carve-out models, combined with qualitative analyses of 15 key informant interviews. Quantitative outcomes included binary measures of access to outpatient mental health care, primary care, the emergency department (ED), and inpatient care for mental health conditions. DATA COLLECTION Medicaid claims were collected administratively, and interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The transition to financially integrated care was initially disruptive for behavioral health providers and was associated with a temporary decline in access to outpatient mental health services among enrollees with serious mental illness (SMI), but there were no statistically significant or sustained differences after the first year. Enrollees with SMI also experienced a slight increase in access to primary care (1.8%, 95% CI 1.0%-2.6%), but no sustained statistically significant changes in the use of ED or inpatient services for mental health care. The transition to financially integrated care had relatively little impact on primary care providers, with few changes for enrollees with mild, moderate, or no mental illness. CONCLUSIONS Financial integration of behavioral and physical health in Medicaid managed care did not appear to drive clinical transformation and was disruptive to behavioral health providers. States moving towards "carve-in" models may need to incorporate support for practice transformation or financial incentives to achieve the benefits of coordinated mental and physical health care.
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- K. John McConnell
- Center for Health Systems EffectivenessOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Center for Health Systems EffectivenessOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Department of Family MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Center for Health Systems EffectivenessOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Department of Family MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Department of Family MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Center for Health Systems EffectivenessOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUnited States
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- Division of General Internal MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandOregonUnited States
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Suvada K, Ali MK, Chwastiak L, Poongothai S, Emmert-Fees KMF, Anjana RM, Sagar R, Shankar R, Sridhar GR, Kasuri M, Sosale AR, Sosale B, Rao D, Tandon N, Narayan KMV, Mohan V, Patel SA. Long-term Effects of a Collaborative Care Model on Metabolic Outcomes and Depressive Symptoms: 36-Month Outcomes from the INDEPENDENT Intervention. J Gen Intern Med 2023; 38:1623-1630. [PMID: 36596908 PMCID: PMC10212897 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Collaborative care (CC) is a multicomponent team-based approach to providing mental health care with systematic integration into outpatient medical settings. The 12-month INDEPENDENT CC intervention improved joint disease control measures in patients with both depression and diabetes at 12 and 24 months following randomization. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the durability of intervention effects on patient outcomes at 36 months following randomization. PARTICIPANTS Adult patients with poorly controlled T2D and depression in India randomized to CC or usual care. DESIGN Post hoc analyses of between-group differences in patient outcomes at 36 months post-randomization (N = 331) and maintenance of outcomes from 12 to 36 months (N = 314). MAIN MEASURES We evaluated combined risk factor improvement since baseline, defined as ≥ 50.0% reduction in Symptom Checklist Depression Scale (SCL-20) scores along with reduction of at least 0.5 percentage point hemoglobin A1C, 5 mmHg systolic blood pressure, or 10 mg/dL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Improvements in single risk factors were also examined. KEY RESULTS There were no between-group differences in improvements since baseline in multiple or single risk factors at 36 months. Patients in the CC group with improved outcomes at 12 months were more likely to maintain a ≥ 50.0% reduction since baseline in SCL-20 scores (CC [54.9%] vs. UC [40.9%]; RR: 1.27 [95% CI: 1.04, 1.56]) and 0.5 percentage point reduction since baseline in hemoglobin A1C (CC [31.9%] vs. UC [19.5%]; RR: 1.64 [95% CI: 1.11, 2.41]) at 36 months. CONCLUSIONS While improvements since baseline in patient outcomes did not differ between the collaborative care and usual care groups at 36 months, patients who received CC were more likely to maintain improvements in depressive symptoms and glucose levels at 36 months if they had achieved these improvements at the end of active intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02022111.
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- Kara Suvada
- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, India
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Institute for Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, India
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- Diabetes Care and Research Center, Diacon Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Diabetes Care and Research Center, Diacon Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Diabetes Care and Research Center, Diacon Hospital, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, India
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Whitfield J, Owens S, Bhat A, Felker B, Jewell T, Chwastiak L. Successful ingredients of effective Collaborative Care programs in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review. Glob Ment Health (Camb) 2023; 10:e11. [PMID: 37854388 PMCID: PMC10579696 DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2022.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Integrating mental health care in primary healthcare settings is a compelling strategy to address the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Collaborative Care is the integrated care model with the most evidence supporting its effectiveness, but most research has been conducted in high-income countries. Efforts to implement this complex multi-component model at scale in LMICs will be enhanced by understanding the model components that have been effective in LMIC settings. Following Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group recommendations, we conducted a rapid review to identify studies of the effectiveness of Collaborative Care for priority adult mental disorders of mhGAP (mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders and epilepsy) in outpatient medical settings in LMICs. Article screening and data extraction were performed using Covidence software. Data extraction by two authors utilized a checklist of key components of effective interventions. Information was aggregated to examine how frequently the components were applied. Our search yielded 25 articles describing 20 Collaborative Care models that treated depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, alcohol use disorder or epilepsy in nine different LMICs. Fourteen of these models demonstrated statistically significantly improved clinical outcomes compared to comparison groups. Successful models shared key structural and process-of-care elements: a multi-disciplinary care team with structured communication; standardized protocols for evidence-based treatments; systematic identification of mental disorders, and a stepped-care approach to treatment intensification. There was substantial heterogeneity across studies with respect to the specifics of model components, and clear evidence of the importance of tailoring the model to the local context. This review provides evidence that Collaborative Care is effective across a range of mental disorders in LMICs. More work is needed to demonstrate population-level and longer-term outcomes, and to identify strategies that will support successful and sustained implementation in routine clinical settings.
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- Jessica Whitfield
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- University of Washington Health Sciences Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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Doose M, Verhoeven D, Sanchez JI, Livinski AA, Mollica M, Chollette V, Weaver SJ. Team-Based Care for Cancer Survivors With Comorbidities: A Systematic Review. J Healthc Qual 2022; 44:255-268. [PMID: 36036776 PMCID: PMC9429049 DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Coordination of quality care for the growing population of cancer survivors with comorbidities remains poorly understood, especially among health disparity populations who are more likely to have comorbidities at the time of cancer diagnosis. This systematic review synthesized the literature from 2000 to 2022 on team-based care for cancer survivors with comorbidities and assessed team-based care conceptualization, teamwork processes, and outcomes. Six databases were searched for original articles on adults with cancer and comorbidity, which defined care team composition and comparison group, and assessed clinical or teamwork processes or outcomes. We identified 1,821 articles of which 13 met the inclusion criteria. Most studies occurred during active cancer treatment and nine focused on depression management. Four studies focused on Hispanic or Black cancer survivors and one recruited rural residents. The conceptualization of team-based care varied across articles. Teamwork processes were not explicitly measured, but teamwork concepts such as communication and mental models were mentioned. Despite team-based care being a cornerstone of quality cancer care, studies that simultaneously assessed care delivery and outcomes for cancer and comorbidities were largely absent. Improving care coordination will be key to addressing disparities and promoting health equity for cancer survivors with comorbidities.
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- Michelle Doose
- Division of Clinical and Health Services Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, OD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Outcomes Research Branch, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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Implementing collaborative care for major depression in a cancer center: An observational study using mixed-methods. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2022; 76:3-15. [PMID: 35305403 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the implementation of a collaborative care (CC) screening and treatment program for major depression in people with cancer, found to be effective in clinical trials, into routine outpatient care of a cancer center. METHOD A mixed-methods observational study guided by the RE-AIM implementation framework using quantitative and qualitative data collected over five years. RESULTS Program set-up took three years and required more involvement of CC experts than anticipated. Barriers to implementation were uncertainty about whether oncology or psychiatry owned the program and the hospital's organizational complexity. Selecting and training CC team members was a major task. 90% (14,412/16,074) of patients participated in depression screening and 61% (136/224) of those offered treatment attended at least one session. Depression outcomes were similar to trial benchmarks (61%; 78/127 patients had a treatment response). After two years the program obtained long-term funding. Facilitators of implementation were strong trial evidence, effective integration into cancer care and ongoing clinical and managerial support. CONCLUSION A CC program for major depression, designed for the cancer setting, can be successfully implemented into routine care, but requires time, persistence and involvement of CC experts. Once operating it can be an effective and valued component of medical care.
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Aragonès E, López-Cortacans G, Cardoner N, Tomé-Pires C, Porta-Casteràs D, Palao D. Barriers, facilitators, and proposals for improvement in the implementation of a collaborative care program for depression: a qualitative study of primary care physicians and nurses. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:446. [PMID: 35382822 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07872-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Primary care plays a central role in the treatment of depression. Nonetheless, shortcomings in its management and suboptimal outcomes have been identified. Collaborative care models improve processes for the management of depressive disorders and associated outcomes. We developed a strategy to implement the INDI collaborative care program for the management of depression in primary health care centers across Catalonia. The aim of this qualitative study was to evaluate a trial implementation of the program to identify barriers, facilitators, and proposals for improvement. METHODS One year after the implementation of the INDI program in 18 public primary health care centers we performed a qualitative study in which the opinions and experiences of 23 primary care doctors and nurses from the participating centers were explored in focus groups. We performed thematic content analysis of the focus group transcripts. RESULTS The results were organized into three categories: facilitators, barriers, and proposals for improvement as perceived by the health care professionals involved. The most important facilitator identified was the perception that the INDI collaborative care program could be a useful tool for reorganizing processes and improving the management of depression in primary care, currently viewed as deficient. The main barriers identified were of an organizational nature: heavy workloads, lack of time, high staff turnover and shortages, and competing demands. Additional obstacles were inertia and resistance to change among health care professionals. Proposals for improvement included institutional buy-in to guarantee enduring support and the organizational changes needed for successful implementation. CONCLUSIONS The INDI program is perceived as a useful, viable program for improving the management of depression in primary care. Uptake by primary care centers and health care professionals, however, was poor. The identification and analysis of barriers and facilitators will help refine the strategy to achieve successful, widespread implementation. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03285659 ; Registered 18th September, 2017.
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- Enric Aragonès
- Primary Care Area Camp de Tarragona, Catalan Health Institute, Carrer dels Horts, 6, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain. .,Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Primary Care Area Camp de Tarragona, Catalan Health Institute, Carrer dels Horts, 6, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain.,Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Mental Health Department, University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Research Networking Center Consortium on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Psychology Research Center CIP, Autonomous University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Mental Health Department, University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Mental Health Department, University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain.,Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Research Networking Center Consortium on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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Goldman ML, Smali E, Richkin T, Pincus HA, Chung H. A novel continuum-based framework for translating behavioral health integration to primary care settings. Transl Behav Med 2021; 10:580-589. [PMID: 32766870 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Although evidence-based behavioral health integration models have been demonstrated to work well when implemented properly, primary care practices need practical guidance on the steps they can take to build behavioral health integration capacities. This is especially true for practice settings with fewer resources. This study is a pilot field test of a framework continuum composed of core components of behavioral health integration that can be used to translate the implementation of behavioral health into diverse clinical settings guided by a practice's priorities and available resources. This framework, in combination with technical assistance by the study team, was piloted in 11 small primary care sites (defined as ≤5 primary care providers) throughout New York State. Surveys were collected at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Informal check-in calls and site visits using qualitative semistructured individual and group interviews were conducted with 10 of the 11 sites. A mixed-methods approach was used to incorporate the survey data and qualitative thematic analysis. All practices advanced at least one level of behavioral health integration along various components of the framework. These advances included implementing depression screening, standardizing workflows for positive screens, integrating patient tracking tools for follow-up behavioral health visits, incorporating warm hand-offs to on-site or off-site behavioral health providers, and formalized external referrals using collaborative agreements. Practices reported they had overall positive experiences using the framework and offered feedback for how to improve future iterations. The framework continuum, in combination with technical assistance, was shown to be useful for primary care practices to advance integrated behavioral health care based on their priorities and resource availability. The results combined with feedback from the practices have yielded a revised "Framework 2.0" that includes a new organization as well as the addition of a "Sustainability" domain.
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- Research Foundation for Mental Health, Inc., New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicines and Montefiore Health System, New York, NY, USA
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Charlesworth CJ, Zhu JM, Horvitz-Lennon M, McConnell KJ. Use of behavioral health care in Medicaid managed care carve-out versus carve-in arrangements. Health Serv Res 2021; 56:805-816. [PMID: 34312839 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences in access to behavioral health services for Medicaid enrollees covered by a Medicaid entity that integrated the financing of behavioral and physical health care ("carve-in group") versus a Medicaid entity that separated this financing ("carve-out group"). DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Medicaid claims data from two Medicaid entities in the Portland, Oregon tri-county area in 2016. STUDY DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, we compared differences across enrollees in the carve-in versus carve-out group, using a machine learning approach to incorporate a large set of covariates and minimize potential selection bias. Our primary outcomes included behavioral health visits for a variety of different provider types. Secondary outcomes included inpatient, emergency department, and primary care visits. DATA COLLECTION We used Medicaid claims, including adults with at least 9 months of enrollment. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The study population included 45,786 adults with mental health conditions. Relative to the carve-out group, individuals in the carve-in group were more likely to access outpatient behavioral health (2.39 percentage points, p < 0.0001, with a baseline rate of approximately 73%). The carve-in group was also more likely to access primary care physicians, psychologists, and social workers and less likely to access psychiatrists and behavioral health specialists. Access to outpatient behavioral health visits was more likely in the carve-in arrangement among individuals with mild or moderate mental health conditions (compared to individuals with severe mental illness) and among black enrollees (compared to white enrollees). CONCLUSIONS Financial integration of physical and behavioral health in Medicaid managed care was associated with greater access to behavioral health services, particularly for individuals with mild or moderate mental health conditions and for black enrollees. Recent changes to incentivize financial integration should be monitored to assess differential impacts by illness severity, race and ethnicity, provider types, and other factors.
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- Christina J Charlesworth
- Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- RAND Corporation, Cambridge Heath Alliance and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Oh H, Um MY, Garbe R. Social Networks and Chronic Illness Management among Low-Income Tenants in Publicly Subsidized Housing: Findings from a Pilot Study. SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 36:405-418. [PMID: 33771075 DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2021.1900012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Low-income tenants in publicly subsidized housing (PSH) have higher rates of chronic illnesses than non-PSH-based residents, making the implementation of chronic illness management (CIM) essential. Based on the person-in-environment framework used in social work practice, which emphasizes the importance of interactions between clients and their social environment, this pilot study used personal network analysis (PNA), a variant of social network analysis, to explore what attributes of social networks are relevant to CIM among 26 low-income tenants independently living in a PSH in the Southwest United States. Tenants with a smaller network size and effective size presented better self-efficacy to manage chronic disease (SEMCD) and lower levels of depressive symptoms. Being connected to a higher proportion of alters (i.e., network members) with whom they discussed health matters was also associated with high SEMCD. As for CIM implementation, being connected to a doctor and a lower proportion of alters who have chronic illnesses were associated with doing aerobic exercise. Tenants with a larger proportion of alters serving multiple functions reported more frequent vegetable and fruit consumption, while those with a higher share of kin alters and lower share of alters living in the same PSH reported less frequent high-fat food consumption. Our findings help social workers discover relevant social networks and dynamics that low-income tenants at PSH capitalize to locate resources for CIM. Further studies are recommended to adopt PNA to expand practice-related knowledge that social workers can use for health promotion among low-income tenants with chronic illness.
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- Hyunsung Oh
- School of Social Work, Arizona State University, USA
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Cubillos L, Bartels SM, Torrey WC, Naslund J, Uribe-Restrepo JM, Gaviola C, Díaz SC, John DT, Williams MJ, Cepeda M, Gómez-Restrepo C, Marsch LA. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating mental health services in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review. BJPsych Bull 2021; 45:40-52. [PMID: 32321610 PMCID: PMC8058938 DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2020.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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AIMS AND METHOD This systematic review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of behavioural health integration into primary healthcare in the management of depression and unhealthy alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries. Following PRISMA guidelines, this review included research that studied patients aged ≥18 years with unhealthy alcohol use and/or depression of any clinical severity. An exploration of the models of integration was used to characterise a typology of behavioural health integration specific for low- and middle-income countries. RESULTS Fifty-eight articles met inclusion criteria. Studies evidenced increased effectiveness of integrated care over treatment as usual for both conditions. The economic evaluations found increased direct health costs but cost-effective estimates. The included studies used six distinct behavioural health integration models. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Behavioural health integration may yield improved health outcomes, although it may require additional resources. The proposed typology can assist decision-makers to advance the implementation of integrated models.
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- Leonardo Cubillos
- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
- The Dartmouth Institute, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
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- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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- Center for Global Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health, USA
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
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- Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
- The Dartmouth Institute, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA
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McGinty EE, Daumit GL. Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Into General Medical Care: The Role of Policy. Psychiatr Serv 2020; 71:1163-1169. [PMID: 32487007 PMCID: PMC7606646 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interventions that integrate care for mental illness or substance use disorders into general medical care settings have been shown to improve patient outcomes in clinical trials, but efficacious models are complex and difficult to scale up in real-world practice settings. Existing payment policies have proven inadequate to facilitate adoption of effective integrated care models. This article provides an overview of evidence-based models of integrated care, discusses the key elements of such models, considers how existing policies have fallen short, and outlines future policy strategies. Priorities include payment policies that adequately support structural elements of integrated care and incentivize multidisciplinary team formation and accountability for patient outcomes, as well as policies to expand the specialty mental health and addiction treatment workforce and address the social determinants of health that disproportionately influence health and well-being among people with mental illness or substance use disorders.
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- Emma E McGinty
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (McGinty), and Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Daumit), Baltimore
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (McGinty), and Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Daumit), Baltimore
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Smith SN, Liebrecht CM, Bauer MS, Kilbourne AM. Comparative effectiveness of external vs blended facilitation on collaborative care model implementation in slow-implementer community practices. Health Serv Res 2020; 55:954-965. [PMID: 33125166 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of external facilitation (EF) vs external + internal facilitation (EF/IF), on uptake of a collaborative chronic care model (CCM) in community practices that were slower to implement under low-level implementation support. STUDY SETTING Primary data were collected from 43 community practices in Michigan and Colorado at baseline and for 12 months following randomization. STUDY DESIGN Sites that failed to meet a pre-established implementation benchmark after six months of low-level implementation support were randomized to add either EF or EF/IF support for up to 12 months. Key outcomes were change in number of patients receiving the CCM and number of patients receiving a clinically significant dose of the CCM. Moderators' analyses further examined whether comparative effectiveness was dependent on prerandomization adoption, number of providers trained or practice size. Facilitation log data were used for exploratory follow-up analyses. DATA COLLECTION Sites reported monthly on number of patients that had received the CCM. Facilitation logs were completed by study EF and site IFs and shared with the study team. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS N = 21 sites were randomized to EF and 22 to EF/IF. Overall, EF/IF practices saw more uptake than EF sites after 12 months (ΔEF/IF-EF = 4.4 patients, 95% CI = 1.87-6.87). Moderators' analyses, however, revealed that it was only sites with no prerandomization uptake of the CCM (nonadopter sites) that saw significantly more benefit from EF/IF (ΔEF/IF-EF = 9.2 patients, 95% CI: 5.72, 12.63). For sites with prerandomization uptake (adopter sites), EF/IF offered no additional benefit (ΔEF/IF-EF = -0.9; 95% CI: -4.40, 2.60). Number of providers trained and practice size were not significant moderators. CONCLUSIONS Although stepping up to the more intensive EF/IF did outperform EF overall, its benefit was limited to sites that failed to deliver any CCM under the low-level strategy. Once one or more providers were delivering the CCM, additional on-site personnel did not appear to add value to the implementation effort.
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- Shawna N Smith
- Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Healthcare Organization & Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Relationships Among Structures, Team Processes, and Outcomes for Service Users in Quebec Mental Health Service Networks. Int J Integr Care 2020; 20:12. [PMID: 32565762 PMCID: PMC7292103 DOI: 10.5334/ijic.4718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Few studies have identified and compared profiles of mental health service networks (MHSN) in terms of structures, processes, and outcomes, based on cluster analyses and perceptions of team managers, MH professionals and service users. This study assessed these associations in Quebec metropolitan, urban and semi-urban MHSN. Methods: A framework adapted from the Donabedian model guided data management, and cluster analyses were used to identify categories. Study participants included team managers (n = 45), MH professionals (n = 311) and service users (n = 327). Results: For all three MHSN, a common outcome category emerged: service users with complex MH problems and negative outcomes. The Metropolitan network reported two categories for structures (specialized MH teams, primary care MH teams) and processes (senior medical professional, psychosocial professionals), and outcomes (middle-age men with positive outcomes, older women with few MH problems). The Urban and Semi-urban networks revealed one category for structures (all teams) and service user (young service users with drug disorders), but two for processes (psychosocial professionals: urban, all professionals: semi-urban). Conclusion: The Metropolitan MHSN showed greater heterogeneity regarding structures and team processes than the other two MHSN. Service user outcomes were largely associated with clinical characteristics, regardless of network configurations for structures and team processes.
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Jin H, Wu S. Text Messaging as a Screening Tool for Depression and Related Conditions in Underserved, Predominantly Minority Safety Net Primary Care Patients: Validity Study. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e17282. [PMID: 32213473 PMCID: PMC7146238 DOI: 10.2196/17282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Background SMS text messaging is an inexpensive, private, and scalable technology-mediated assessment mode that can alleviate many barriers faced by the safety net population to receive depression screening. Some existing studies suggest that technology-mediated assessment encourages self-disclosure of sensitive health information such as depressive symptoms while other studies show the opposite effect. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the validity of using SMS text messaging to screen depression and related conditions, including anxiety and functional disability, in a low-income, culturally diverse safety net primary care population. Methods This study used a randomized design with 4 study groups that permuted the order of SMS text messaging and the gold standard interview (INTW) assessment. The participants for this study were recruited from the participants of the prior Diabetes-Depression Care-management Adoption Trial (DCAT). Depression was screened by using the 2-item and 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2 and PHQ-8, respectively). Anxiety was screened by using the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-2), and functional disability was assessed by using the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). Participants chose to take up the assessment in English or Spanish. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were evaluated by using Cronbach alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively. Concordance was evaluated by using an ICC, a kappa statistic, an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), sensitivity, and specificity. A regression analysis was conducted to examine the association between the participant characteristics and the differences in the scores between the SMS text messaging and INTW assessment modes. Results Overall, 206 participants (average age 57.1 [SD 9.18] years; females: 119/206, 57.8%) were enrolled. All measurements except the SMS text messaging–assessed PHQ-2 showed Cronbach alpha values ≥.70, indicating acceptable to good internal consistency. All measurements except the INTW-assessed SDS had ICC values ≥0.75, indicating good to excellent test-retest reliability. For concordance, the PHQ-8 had an ICC of 0.73 and AUROC of 0.93, indicating good concordance. The kappa statistic, sensitivity, and specificity for major depression (PHQ-8 ≥8) were 0.43, 0.60, and 0.86, respectively. The concordance of the shorter PHQ-2, GAD-2, and SDS scales was poor to fair. The regression analysis revealed that a higher level of personal depression stigma was associated with reporting higher SMS text messaging–assessed PHQ-8 and GAD-2 scores than the INTW-assessed scores. The analysis also determined that the differences in the scores were associated with marital status and personality traits. Conclusions Depression screening conducted using the longer PHQ-8 scale via SMS text messaging demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concordance with the gold standard INTW assessment mode. However, care must be taken when deploying shorter scales via SMS text messaging. Further regression analysis supported that a technology-mediated assessment, such as SMS text messaging, may create a private space with less pressure from the personal depression stigma and therefore encourage self-disclosure of depressive symptoms. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01781013; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01781013 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/12392
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- Haomiao Jin
- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Edward R Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Edward R Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Development of a comprehensive, sustained community mental health system in post-earthquake Haiti, 2010-2019. Glob Ment Health (Camb) 2020; 7:e6. [PMID: 32180989 PMCID: PMC7056862 DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2019.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Between 2010 and 2019 the international health care organization Partners In Health (PIH) and its sister organization Zanmi Lasante (ZL) mounted a long-term response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, focused on mental health. Over that time, implementing a Theory of Change developed in 2012, the organization successfully developed a comprehensive, sustained community mental health system in Haiti's Central Plateau and Artibonite departments, directly serving a catchment area of 1.5 million people through multiple diagnosis-specific care pathways. The resulting ZL mental health system delivered 28 184 patient visits and served 6305 discrete patients at ZL facilities between January 2016 and September 2019. The experience of developing a system of mental health services in Haiti that currently provides ongoing care to thousands of people serves as a case study in major challenges involved in global mental health delivery. The essential components of the effort to develop and sustain this community mental health system are summarized.
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Jin H, Wu S. Screening Depression and Related Conditions via Text Messaging Versus Interview Assessment: Protocol for a Randomized Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2019; 8:e12392. [PMID: 30924787 PMCID: PMC6460308 DOI: 10.2196/12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Background Depression is an often underdiagnosed and, therefore, untreated comorbidity for low-income, racially or ethnically diverse patients with a chronic illness such as diabetes. Recent updates from the US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines in 2016 recommend depression screening for every adult but does not suggest the mode of assessment. Short message service (SMS) text messaging is an inexpensive, private, and scalable approach to provide depression screening and monitoring; it can also alleviate many barriers, such as transportation, childcare, and clinical visit time faced by the low-income population, in receiving a diagnosis of depression. Current evidence is inconsistent in comparing technology-mediated assessment versus interviewer (INTW) assessment in collecting sensitive health information, as some studies suggest that technology encourages self-disclosure while the other studies show the opposite effect. Objective The proposed study will test the use of SMS text messaging to assess depression and its related conditions, including functional disability, pain, and anxiety, in low-income, culturally diverse, safety-net primary care populations with diabetes. The study will examine the concordance between SMS text message and interviewer assessments and evaluate test-retest reliability. Methods The proposed study will adopt a randomized design with 200 patients assigned to four study groups: SMS/INTW, INTW/SMS, SMS/SMS, and INTW/INTW. The first two groups will be used to examine the concordance between SMS text message and interviewer assessments. The third and fourth groups will be used to evaluate test-retest reliability. Participants of the study will be recruited from the participants of the prior Diabetes-Depression Care-management Adoption Trial, a large comparative effectiveness research trial in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Test-retest reliability and concordance between SMS text message and interviewer assessments will be evaluated by the interclass correlation coefficient and the kappa statistic. Missing data patterns will be explored to understand whether participants are willing to self-disclose information related to depression in SMS text message assessments. Results Recruitment of participants was conducted from June 2017 to November 2017. A total of 206 participants were enrolled: 52 (25.2%) in SMS/INTW, 53 (25.7%) in SMS/SMS, 49 (23.8%) in INTW/SMS, and 52 (25.2%) in INTW/INTW. The average age of the participants was 57.1 years (SD 9.2). A total of 57.8% (119/206) of participants were female, 93.2% (192/206) were Latino, and 77.7% (160/206) chose Spanish as their preferred language. Analysis of the SMS text message assessment shows the cost of distributing the 16 questions is about US $0.50 per person per assessment. Full results of the study will be reported elsewhere. Conclusions This study is anticipated to establish the feasibility of using SMS text messaging to assess depression and its related conditions in low-income, culturally diverse, safety-net primary care populations with diabetes. We also expect to generate knowledge about whether patients in the targeted population are willing to reply and self-disclose sensitive information about depression and its related conditions through SMS text message assessments. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/12392
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- Haomiao Jin
- Department of Adult Mental Health and Wellness, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Edward R Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Adult Mental Health and Wellness, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Edward R Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Kolko DJ, Torres E, Rumbarger K, James E, Turchi R, Bumgardner C, O'Brien C. Integrated Pediatric Health Care in Pennsylvania: A Survey of Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2019; 58:213-225. [PMID: 30450951 DOI: 10.1177/0009922818810881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study reports on a statewide survey of medical and behavioral health professionals to advance the knowledge base on the benefits and obstacles to delivering integrated pediatric health care. Surveys distributed in 3 statewide provider networks were completed by 110 behavioral health specialists (BHSs) and 111 primary care physicians (PCPs). Survey content documented their perceptions about key services, benefits, barriers, and needed opportunities related to integrated care. Factor analyses identified 8 factors, and other items were examined individually. We compared responses by specialty group (BHS vs PCP) and integrated care experience (no vs yes). The findings revealed differences across domains by specialty subgroup. In several cases, BHS (vs PCP) respondents, especially those with integrated care experience, reported lower benefits, higher barriers, and fewer resource requests. The implications of these results for enhancing care integration development, delivery, training, and research are discussed along with the study's limitations and empirical literature.
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- David J Kolko
- 1 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,2 UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- 2 UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- 3 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- 4 Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,5 Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,6 St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- 7 Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers, Wormleysburg, PA, USA
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- 8 Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association, Harrisburg, PA, USA
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Durfey SNM, Long T, Jackson TL, Gradie MI, Powell S, Borkan J, Alexander-Scott N. A Behavioral Health Survey of Primary Care Integration in Rhode Island. PRIMER : PEER-REVIEW REPORTS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH 2018; 2:29. [PMID: 32818200 DOI: 10.22454/primer.2018.467362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Background Integrating behavioral and primary care practices improves quality of care, but limited data exists regarding the extent or attributes of such integration. We conducted a baseline evaluation of the level and characteristics of integrated practices in Rhode Island. Methods The Rhode Island Department of Health 2015 Statewide Health Inventory Behavioral Health Survey was sent to behavioral health clinics and outpatient psychiatry and psychology practices. Survey questions assessed indicators of integration, including colocation, shared electronic medical records (EMRs), and shared communication systems. Results Only 19%, 9%, and 17% of behavioral health clinics, psychiatrists, and psychologists, respectively reported any integration with primary care practices. Compared to psychology (3.5%) and psychiatry (0.0%) practices, behavioral health clinics reported the highest level of practice colocation (10.4%, P<0.05). Compared to non-colocated practices, colocated behavioral health clinics reported higher levels of integration by other indicators, including shared EMRs (33.0% vs 0.0%, P=0.01). Conclusion This statewide survey demonstrated that limited integration exists between behavioral health and primary care practices in Rhode Island, and that such integration has a range of characteristics and levels. More practice integration is needed to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care to the millions of individuals living with cooccurring behavioral and physical health needs.
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- State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI
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- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Ndibu Muntu Keba Kebe N, Chiocchio F, Bamvita JM, Fleury MJ. Variables associated with interprofessional collaboration: The case of professionals working in Quebec local mental health service networks. J Interprof Care 2018; 33:76-84. [PMID: 30156940 DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1515191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This study identified variables associated with interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among 315 mental health (MH) professionals working in primary health care (PHC) and specialized teams, within four Quebec (Canada) local service networks (LSNs). IPC was measured with a validated scale, and independent variables were organized according to a four-block conceptual framework that included Individual, Interactional, Organizational and Professional Role Characteristics. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Five variables were associated with Interactional Characteristics (knowledge sharing, knowledge integration, affective commitment toward the team, team climate, team autonomy), and one variable with Professional Role (multifocal identification) and Individual Characteristics (age), respectively. Findings suggest the importance of positive team climate, knowledge sharing and knowledge integration, professional and team identification (multifocal identification), team commitment and autonomy for strengthening IPC in MH teams. These results suggest that team managers should remain alert to behavioral changes and tensions in their teams that could signal possible deterioration in IPC, while promoting IPC competencies, and interdisciplinary values and skills, in team activities and training programs. As well, the encouragement of team commitment on the part of senior professionals, and support toward their younger counterparts, may enhance IPC in teams.
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- Nicolas Ndibu Muntu Keba Kebe
- a Department of Management, Evaluation and Health Policy , School of Public Health, University de Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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- b Telfer School of Management , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
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- c Department of Psychiatry , McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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- c Department of Psychiatry , McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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Fleury MJ, Grenier G, Bamvita JM. Comparing Perceived Adequacy of Help Received Among Different Classes of Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders at Five-Year Follow-Up: A Longitudinal Cluster Analysis. Community Ment Health J 2018; 54:540-554. [PMID: 29134396 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-017-0181-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study developed a typology describing change in the perceived adequacy of help received among 204 individuals with severe mental disorders, 5 years after transfer to the community following a major mental health reform in Quebec (Canada). Participant typologies were constructed using a two-step cluster analysis. There were significant differences between T0 and T2 for perceived adequacy of help received and other independent variables, including seriousness of needs, help from services or relatives, and care continuity. Five classes emerged from the analysis. Perceived adequacy of help received at T2 increased for Class 1, mainly comprised of older women with mood disorders. Overall, greater care continuity and levels of help from services and relatives related to higher perceived AHR. Changes in perceived adequacy of help received resulting from several combinations of associated variables indicate that MH service delivery should respond to specific profiles and determinants.
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- Marie-Josée Fleury
- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada.
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Møller MCR, Mygind A, Bro F. Who needs collaborative care treatment? A qualitative study exploring attitudes towards and experiences with mental healthcare among general practitioners and care managers. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2018; 19:78. [PMID: 29848295 PMCID: PMC5977752 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-018-0764-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Background Collaborative care treatment is widely recognized as an effective approach to improve the quality of mental healthcare through enhanced and structured collaboration between general practice and specialized psychiatry. However, studies indicate that the complexity of collaborative care treatment interventions challenge the implementation in real-life general practice settings. Four Danish Collaborative Care Models were launched in 2014 for patients with mild/moderate anxiety and depression. These involved collaboration between general practitioners, care managers and consultant psychiatrists. Taking a multi-practice bottom-up approach, this paper aims to explore the perceived barriers and enablers related to collaborative care for patients with mental health problems and to investigate the actual experiences with a Danish collaborative care model in a single-case study in order to identify enablers and barriers for successful implementation. Methods Combining interviews and observations of usual treatment practices, we conducted a multi-practice study among general practitioners who were not involved in the Danish collaborative care models to explore their perspectives on existing mental health treatment and to investigate (from a bottom-up approach) their perceptions of and need for collaborative care in mental health treatment. Additionally, by combining observations and qualitative interviews, we followed the implementation of a Danish collaborative care model in a single-case study to convey identified barriers and enablers of the collaborative care model. Results Experienced and perceived enablers of the Danish collaborative care model mainly consisted of a need for new treatment options to deal with mild/moderate anxiety and depression. The model was considered to meet the need for a free fast track to high-quality treatment. Experienced barriers included: poor adaptation of the model to the working conditions and needs in daily general practice, time consumption, unsustainable logistical set-up and unclear care manager role. General practitioners in the multi-practice study considered access to treatment and not collaboration with specialised psychiatry to be essential for this group of patients. Conclusions The study calls for increased attention to implementation processes and better adaptation of collaborative care models to the clinical reality of general practice. Future interventions should address the treatment needs of specific patient populations and should involve relevant stakeholders in the design and implementation processes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12875-018-0764-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Marlene Christina Rosengaard Møller
- Research Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Research Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Research Unit for General Practice & Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Hay JW, Lee PJ, Jin H, Guterman JJ, Gross-Schulman S, Ell K, Wu S. Cost-Effectiveness of a Technology-Facilitated Depression Care Management Adoption Model in Safety-Net Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. VALUE IN HEALTH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHARMACOECONOMICS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH 2018; 21:561-568. [PMID: 29753353 PMCID: PMC5953558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Diabetes-Depression Care-Management Adoption Trial is a translational study of safety-net primary care predominantly Hispanic/Latino patients with type 2 diabetes in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an information and communication technology (ICT)-facilitated depression care management program. METHODS Cost-effectiveness of the ICT-facilitated care (TC) delivery model was evaluated relative to a usual care (UC) and a supported care (SC) model. TC added automated low-intensity periodic depression assessment calls to patients. Patient-reported outcomes included the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey converted into quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and the 9-Item Patient Health Questionnaire-calculated depression-free days (DFDs). Costs and outcomes data were collected over a 24-month period (-6 to 0 months baseline, 0 to 18 months study intervention). RESULTS A sample of 1406 patients (484 in UC, 480 in SC, and 442 in TC) was enrolled in the nonrandomized trial. TC had a significant improvement in DFDs (17.3; P = 0.011) and significantly greater 12-Item Short Form Health Survey utility improvement (2.1%; P = 0.031) compared with UC. Medical costs were statistically significantly lower for TC (-$2328; P = 0.001) relative to UC but not significantly lower than for SC. TC had more than a 50% probability of being cost-effective relative to SC at willingness-to-pay thresholds of more than $50,000/QALY. CONCLUSIONS An ICT-facilitated depression care (TC) delivery model improved QALYs, DFDs, and medical costs. It was cost-effective compared with SC and dominant compared with UC.
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- Joel W Hay
- Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Wu S, Ell K, Jin H, Vidyanti I, Chou CP, Lee PJ, Gross-Schulman S, Sklaroff LM, Belson D, Nezu AM, Hay J, Wang CJ, Scheib G, Di Capua P, Hawkins C, Liu P, Ramirez M, Wu BW, Richman M, Myers C, Agustines D, Dasher R, Kopelowicz A, Allevato J, Roybal M, Ipp E, Haider U, Graham S, Mahabadi V, Guterman J. Comparative Effectiveness of a Technology-Facilitated Depression Care Management Model in Safety-Net Primary Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Outcomes of a Large Clinical Trial. J Med Internet Res 2018; 20:e147. [PMID: 29685872 PMCID: PMC5938593 DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Comorbid depression is a significant challenge for safety-net primary care systems. Team-based collaborative depression care is effective, but complex system factors in safety-net organizations impede adoption and result in persistent disparities in outcomes. Diabetes-Depression Care-management Adoption Trial (DCAT) evaluated whether depression care could be significantly improved by harnessing information and communication technologies to automate routine screening and monitoring of patient symptoms and treatment adherence and allow timely communication with providers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare 6-month outcomes of a technology-facilitated care model with a usual care model and a supported care model that involved team-based collaborative depression care for safety-net primary care adult patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS DCAT is a translational study in collaboration with Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the second largest safety-net care system in the United States. A comparative effectiveness study with quasi-experimental design was conducted in three groups of adult patients with type 2 diabetes to compare three delivery models: usual care, supported care, and technology-facilitated care. Six-month outcomes included depression and diabetes care measures and patient-reported outcomes. Comparative treatment effects were estimated by linear or logistic regression models that used generalized propensity scores to adjust for sampling bias inherent in the nonrandomized design. RESULTS DCAT enrolled 1406 patients (484 in usual care, 480 in supported care, and 442 in technology-facilitated care), most of whom were Hispanic or Latino and female. Compared with usual care, both the supported care and technology-facilitated care groups were associated with significant reduction in depressive symptoms measured by scores on the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (least squares estimate, LSE: usual care=6.35, supported care=5.05, technology-facilitated care=5.16; P value: supported care vs usual care=.02, technology-facilitated care vs usual care=.02); decreased prevalence of major depression (odds ratio, OR: supported care vs usual care=0.45, technology-facilitated care vs usual care=0.33; P value: supported care vs usual care=.02, technology-facilitated care vs usual care=.007); and reduced functional disability as measured by Sheehan Disability Scale scores (LSE: usual care=3.21, supported care=2.61, technology-facilitated care=2.59; P value: supported care vs usual care=.04, technology-facilitated care vs usual care=.03). Technology-facilitated care was significantly associated with depression remission (technology-facilitated care vs usual care: OR=2.98, P=.04); increased satisfaction with care for emotional problems among depressed patients (LSE: usual care=3.20, technology-facilitated care=3.70; P=.05); reduced total cholesterol level (LSE: usual care=176.40, technology-facilitated care=160.46; P=.01); improved satisfaction with diabetes care (LSE: usual care=4.01, technology-facilitated care=4.20; P=.05); and increased odds of taking an glycated hemoglobin test (technology-facilitated care vs usual care: OR=3.40, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Both the technology-facilitated care and supported care delivery models showed potential to improve 6-month depression and functional disability outcomes. The technology-facilitated care model has a greater likelihood to improve depression remission, patient satisfaction, and diabetes care quality.
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- Shinyi Wu
- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Roybal Institute on Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Policy Analysis Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Caremore Medical Group, East Haven, CT, United States.,Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
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- Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Thorpe K, Jain S, Joski P. Prevalence And Spending Associated With Patients Who Have A Behavioral Health Disorder And Other Conditions. Health Aff (Millwood) 2018; 36:124-132. [PMID: 28069855 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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People with multiple medical conditions are a growing and increasingly costly segment of the U.S. POPULATION Despite the co-occurrence of physical and behavioral health comorbidities, the US health care system tends to treat these conditions separately rather than holistically. To identify opportunities for population health improvement, we examined the treated prevalence of and health care spending on behavioral health disorders, by the number of coexisting physical disorders, among noninstitutionalized adults. The vast majority (85 percent) of spending was attributed to treatment of the physical comorbidities. Only 15 percent was attributed to treatments of the behavioral disorders; of these, a primary diagnosis of depression was most common, seen in 57 percent of the sample. These findings suggest the potential to improve outcomes and reduce spending by applying collaborative care models more broadly. Policies should promote payment and delivery reforms that advance the integration of behavioral health and primary care.
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- Ken Thorpe
- Ken Thorpe is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Sanjula Jain is a doctoral student in health services research and health policy, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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- Peter Joski is a senior associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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Hua C, Huang Y, Su Y, Bu J, Tao H. Collaborative care model improves self-care ability, quality of life and cardiac function of patients with chronic heart failure. Braz J Med Biol Res 2017; 50:e6355. [PMID: 28953989 PMCID: PMC5609602 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a common chronic disease that requires much care. This study aimed to explore the effects of collaborative care model (CCM) on patients with CHF. A total of 114 CHF patients were enrolled in this study, and were randomly and equally divided into two groups: control and experimental. Patients in the two groups received either usual care or CCM for 3 continuous months. The impacts of CCM on the self-care ability and quality of life were assessed using self-care of heart failure index and short form health survey 12, respectively. Further, cardiac function was assessed by measuring left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the level of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and by the 6-min walking test. Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients in the control and CCM groups were statistically equivalent. Compared with usual care, CCM significantly enhanced self-care abilities of patients with CHF, including self-care maintenance, self-care management and self-care confidence (all P<0.05). The physical and mental quality of life was also significantly improved by CCM (P<0.01 or P<0.05). Compared with usual care, CCM significantly increased the LVEF (P<0.01), decreased the NT-proBNP level (P<0.01), and enhanced exercise capacity (P<0.001). In conclusion, CCM improved the self-care, quality of life and cardiac function of patients with CHF compared with usual care.
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- C.Y. Hua
- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- Department of General Surgery I, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- Department of General Surgery I, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nursing, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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Wanat M, Walker J, Burke K, Sevdalis N, Richardson A, Mulick A, Frost C, Sharpe M. Linked symptom monitoring and depression treatment programmes for specialist cancer services: protocol for a mixed-methods implementation study. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e016186. [PMID: 28674143 PMCID: PMC5734371 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION There is growing awareness that cancer services need to address patients' well-being as well as treating their cancer. We developed systematic approaches to (1) monitoring patients' symptoms including depression using a 'Symptom Monitoring Service' and (2) providing treatment for those with major depression using a programme called 'Depression Care for People with Cancer'. Used together, these two programmes were found to be highly effective and cost-effective in clinical trials. The overall aims of this project are to: (1) study the process of introducing these programmes into routine clinical care in a large cancer service, (2) identify the challenges associated with implementation and how these are overcome, (3) determine their effectiveness in a routine non-research setting and (4) describe patients' and clinicians' experience of the programmes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a mixed-methods longitudinal implementation study. We will study the process of implementation in three phases (April 2016-December 2018): 'Pre-implementation' (setting up of the new programmes), 'Early Implementation' (implementation of the programmes in a small number of clinics) and 'Implementation and Maintenance' (implementation in the majority of clinics). We will use the following methods of data collection: (1) contemporaneous logs of the implementation process, (2) interviews with healthcare professionals and managers, (3) interviews with patients and (4) routinely collected clinical data. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has been reviewed by a joint committee of Oxford University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust Research and Development Department and the University of Oxford's Clinical Trials and Research Governance Department and judged to be service evaluation, not requiring ethics committee approval. The findings of this study will guide the scaling up implementation of the programmes across the UK and will enable us to construct an implementation toolkit. We will disseminate our findings in publications and at relevant national and international conferences.
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- Marta Wanat
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Implementation Science, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Chauhan M, Niazi SK. Caring for Patients With Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions: Lessons From TEAMcare and COMPASS. FOCUS: JOURNAL OF LIFE LONG LEARNING IN PSYCHIATRY 2017; 15:279-283. [PMID: 31975858 DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20170008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It often coexists with other chronic conditions, contributing to poor self-management and subsequent poor health outcomes, increased service utilization and cost of care, and poor quality of life. Most patients with depression seek care in primary care settings. Patients given collaborative care for depression alone or for depression with commonly co-occurring general medical conditions have demonstrated improved outcomes. This article reviews findings from the TEAMcare (an integrated multicondition collaborative care program for chronic illnesses) and COMPASS (Care of Mental, Physical and Substance-Use Syndromes) programs to highlight the evidence supporting the effectiveness of the collaborative care model and its implementation in diverse settings.
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- Mohit Chauhan
- Dr. Chauhan and Dr. Niazi are with the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Dr. Chauhan and Dr. Niazi are with the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
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Huang H, Forstein M, Joseph R. Developing a Collaborative Care Training Program in a Psychiatry Residency. PSYCHOSOMATICS 2017; 58:245-249. [PMID: 28233531 PMCID: PMC5446275 DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Collaborative care is an evidence-based approach for improving quality mental health access in primary care settings. Although job opportunities will grow over the next decade, few psychiatry residencies have established curricula to train the next generation of psychiatrists to work in this expanding model of care. OBJECTIVE In this article, the authors describe the collaborative care training experience at a safety-net academic institution to provide a template for psychiatry residencies designing curricula to prepare psychiatry residents for collaborative care practices.
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- Hsiang Huang
- Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
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Johnson JA, Lier DA, Soprovich A, Al Sayah F, Qiu W, Majumdar SR. Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Collaborative Care for Diabetes and Depression in Primary Care. Am J Prev Med 2016; 51:e13-20. [PMID: 26947212 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Information is limited on the cost effectiveness of strategies to improve depressive symptoms in patients with Type 2 diabetes in primary care outside of the U.S. METHODS Using patient data from a 12-month controlled implementation trial, outcomes and healthcare costs determined through administrative database linkages were compared for a strategy of family physician notification and follow-up ("enhanced care") versus collaborative care. Two measures of effectiveness were used: depression-free days (DFDs) based on Patient Health Questionnaire, and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) based on EQ-5D. Data were collected November 2010 to January 2013 with analyses completed in May 2015. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were also compared against true usual care patients. RESULTS Among 227 patients, mean age was 58 years, 55% were female, and mean diabetes duration was 12 years. Compared with total 12-month cost per usual care patient (C$5,889), the incremental cost was C$450 for patients in enhanced care and C$1,021 for collaborative care. Both enhanced and collaborative care strategies improved outcomes compared with usual care, with incremental DFDs of 65.9 and 117.6, and incremental QALYs of 0.006 and 0.042, respectively. Compared with enhanced care, collaborative care yielded incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of C$11/DFD and C$15,861/QALY. Compared with usual care, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were C$7/DFD or C$76,271/QALY for enhanced care and C$9/DFD or C$24,368/QALY for collaborative care. CONCLUSIONS In primary care patients with Type 2 diabetes who screened positive for depression, physician notification and follow-up was a clinically effective strategy compared with usual care, but investing more resources in collaborative care yielded the most cost-effective strategy.
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- Jeffrey A Johnson
- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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- Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Oberlander TF, Vigod SN. Developmental Effects of Prenatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Exposure in Perspective: Are We Comparing Apples to Apples? J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2016; 55:351-2. [PMID: 27126845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Tim F Oberlander
- R. Howard Webster Professor in Brain Imaging and Early Child Development (UBC) and is with the Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Reproductive Life Stages Program, Women's Mental Health Program, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Duarte A, Walker J, Walker S, Richardson G, Holm Hansen C, Martin P, Murray G, Sculpher M, Sharpe M. Cost-effectiveness of integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer. J Psychosom Res 2015; 79:465-70. [PMID: 26652589 PMCID: PMC4678258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Comorbid major depression is associated with reduced quality of life and greater use of healthcare resources. A recent randomised trial (SMaRT, Symptom Management Research Trials, Oncology-2) found that a collaborative care treatment programme (Depression Care for People with Cancer, DCPC) was highly effective in treating depression in patients with cancer. This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness of DCPC compared with usual care from a health service perspective. METHODS Costs were estimated using UK national unit cost estimates and health outcomes measured using quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). Incremental cost-effectiveness of DCPC compared with usual care was calculated and scenario analyses performed to test alternative assumptions on costs and missing data. Uncertainty was characterised using cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. The probability of DCPC being cost-effective was determined using the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold range of £ 20,000 to £ 30,000 per QALY gained. RESULTS DCPC cost on average £ 631 more than usual care per patient, and resulted in a mean gain of 0.066 QALYs, yielding an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £ 9549 per QALY. The probability of DCPC being cost-effective was 0.9 or greater at cost-effectiveness thresholds above £ 20,000 per QALY for the base case and scenario analyses. CONCLUSIONS Compared with usual care, DCPC is likely to be cost-effective at the current thresholds used by NICE. This study adds to the weight of evidence that collaborative care treatment models are cost-effective for depression, and provides new evidence regarding their use in specialist medical settings.
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- A Duarte
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
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- MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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- University of Edinburgh, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Beach SR, Walker J, Celano CM, Mastromauro CA, Sharpe M, Huffman JC. Implementing collaborative care programs for psychiatric disorders in medical settings: a practical guide. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2015; 37:522-7. [PMID: 26190822 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Collaborative care is a systematic, team-based approach to the management of depression and other psychiatric disorders in medical settings. Collaborative care has been found to be effective and cost-effective, but there is little information to guide its implementation in clinical care. The objective of this article is to provide a practical guide to the implementation of collaborative care programs in real-world settings. METHODS Based on our experience delivering collaborative care programs, we provide (a) specific, stepwise recommendations for the successful implementation of collaborative care in outpatient settings and (b) an examination of the additional benefits and challenges of collaborative care programs that begin during hospitalization. RESULTS The implementation of collaborative care requires senior buy-in, an effective team, clear treatment components, engaged clinicians, procedures to ensure quality and adequate infrastructure. Beginning these programs with hospitalized patients may offer additional advantages but also requires additional flexibility to adapt to the inpatient setting. CONCLUSION A systematic approach to the development and implementation of collaborative care programs may allow clinicians to effectively and efficiently treat psychiatric illness in medical populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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- Scott R Beach
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Wanat M, Walker J, Hodges L, Richardson A, Sharpe M. Selecting, training and supervising nurses to treat depression in the medically ill: experience and recommendations from the SMaRT oncology collaborative care trials. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2015; 37:518-21. [PMID: 26170199 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Collaborative care programs to treat comorbid depression in the medically ill often have general (nonpsychiatric) nurses care managers. In this paper, we aim to provide practical recommendations for their selection, training and supervision. METHODS Based on more than 10 years of experience of selecting, training and supervising general nurses to deliver a highly effective collaborative care programme called "Depression Care for People with Cancer," we describe the problems encountered and the solutions adopted to optimize the selection, training and supervision of nurse care managers. RESULTS To select nurses for the role of care manager, we found that role plays enabled us to assess nurses' ability to interact with distressed patients and their capacity for self-reflection better than simple interviews. To train the nurses, we found that a structured program that mirrored the treatment manual and included simulated practice was best. To achieve effective supervision, we found that having sessions led by senior psychiatrists facilitated both constructive feedback to the nurses and effective review of the management of cases. CONCLUSIONS We recommend that the selection, training and supervision of general nurses use the strategies outlined if they are to maximize the benefit that patients achieve from collaborative care programs.
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- Marta Wanat
- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK; University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Evatt DP, Juliano LM, Griffiths RR. A brief manualized treatment for problematic caffeine use: A randomized control trial. J Consult Clin Psychol 2015; 84:113-21. [PMID: 26501499 DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The goal of the present investigation was to develop and test a brief therapist-guided manualized treatment for problematic caffeine use, including cognitive-behavioral strategies and 5 weeks of progressively decreased consumption. METHOD Individuals seeking treatment for problematic caffeine use (mean daily caffeine consumption of 666 mg at baseline) were randomized using a waitlist-control design to receive immediate treatment (N = 33) or delayed treatment (∼6 weeks later; N = 34). A 1-hr treatment session designed to help individuals quit or reduce caffeine consumption was provided by a trained counselor along with a take-home booklet. After the treatment session, participants completed daily diaries of caffeine consumption for 5 weeks. They returned for follow-up assessments at 6, 12, and 26 weeks and had a telephone interview at 52-weeks posttreatment. RESULTS Treatment resulted in a significant reduction in self-reported caffeine use and salivary caffeine levels. No significant posttreatment increases in caffeine use were observed for up to 1 year follow-up. Comparisons to the waitlist-control condition revealed that reductions in caffeine consumption were due to treatment and not the passing of time, with a treatment effect size of R² = .35 for the model. CONCLUSION A brief 1-session manualized intervention with follow-up was efficacious at reducing caffeine consumption. Future researchers should replicate and extend these findings, as well as consider factors affecting dissemination of treatment for problematic caffeine use to those in need.
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- Daniel P Evatt
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Kilbourne AM, Goodrich DE, Nord KM, Van Poppelen C, Kyle J, Bauer MS, Waxmonsky JA, Lai Z, Kim HM, Eisenberg D, Thomas MR. Long-Term Clinical Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Implementation Strategies to Promote Collaborative Care Attendance in Community Practices. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2015; 42:642-53. [PMID: 25315181 PMCID: PMC4400210 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-014-0598-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This randomized controlled implementation study compared the effectiveness of a standard versus enhanced version of the replicating effective programs (REP) implementation strategy to improve the uptake of the life goals-collaborative care model (LG-CC) for bipolar disorder. Seven community-based practices (384 patient participants) were randomized to standard (manual/training) or enhanced REP (customized manual/training/facilitation) to promote LG-CC implementation. Participants from enhanced REP sites had no significant changes in primary outcomes (improved quality of life, reduced functioning or mood symptoms) by 24 months. Further research is needed to determine whether implementation strategies can lead to sustained, improved participant outcomes in addition to program uptake.
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- Amy M Kilbourne
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,
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Schueller SM, Kwasny MJ, Dear BF, Titov N, Mohr DC. Cut points on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) that predict response to cognitive-behavioral treatments for depression. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2015; 37:470-5. [PMID: 26077754 PMCID: PMC4558333 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Monitoring depressive symptoms during treatment can guide clinical decision making and improve outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore values on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) that could predict response to treatment. METHOD Data came from two independent trials, including three treatment modalities of cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression. Four hundred eighty-seven participants who either met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition criteria for major depressive disorder or had PHQ-9 scores consistent with a diagnosis of depression were included in our analyses. Participants either received 18 weeks of telephone or face-to-face (n=279) or 8 weeks of Web-delivered (n=208) cognitive-behavioral therapy. Depressive symptoms, evaluated using the PHQ-9, were reported every 4 weeks in the telephone and face-to-face trial and weekly in the Web-delivered intervention trial. RESULTS Optimal cut points for predicting end-of-treatment response were consistent in both trials. Our results suggested using cut points of a PHQ-9 ≥17 at Week 4, and PHQ-9 ≥13 at Week 9 and PHQ-9 ≥9 at Week 14. CONCLUSIONS Consistent cut points were found within the included trials. These cut points may be valuable for algorithms to support clinical decision making.
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- Stephen M Schueller
- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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- Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
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- Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
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- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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Tapia-Muñoz T, Mascayano F, Toso-Salman J. Collaborative care models to address late-life depression: lessons for low-and-middle-income countries. Front Psychiatry 2015; 6:64. [PMID: 25999866 PMCID: PMC4419549 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Thamara Tapia-Muñoz
- Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Michal M, Prochaska JH, Keller K, Göbel S, Coldewey M, Ullmann A, Schulz A, Lamparter H, Münzel T, Reiner I, Beutel ME, Wild PS. Symptoms of depression and anxiety predict mortality in patients undergoing oral anticoagulation: Results from the thrombEVAL study program. Int J Cardiol 2015; 187:614-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Chen S, Conwell Y, He J, Lu N, Wu J. Depression care management for adults older than 60 years in primary care clinics in urban China: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Psychiatry 2015; 2:332-9. [PMID: 26360086 DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(15)00002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND China's national health policy classifies depression as a chronic disease that should be managed in primary care settings. In some high-income countries use of chronic disease management principles and primary care-based collaborative-care models have improved outcomes for late-life depression; however, this approach has not yet been tested in China. We aimed to assess whether use of a collaborative-care depression care management (DCM) intervention could improve outcomes for Chinese adults with depression aged 60 years and older. METHODS Between Jan 17, 2011, [corrected] and Nov 30, 2013, we did a cluster-randomised trial in patients from primary care centre clinics in Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city in eastern China. We randomly assigned (1:1) clinics to either DCM (involving training for physicians in use of treatment guidelines, training for primary care nurses to function as care managers, and consultation with psychiatrists as support) or to give enhanced care as usual to all eligible patients aged 60 years and older with major depressive disorder. Clinics were chosen randomly for inclusion from all primary care clinics in the district by computer algorithm and then randomly allocated depression care interventions remotely by computer algorithm. Physicians, study personnel, and patients were not masked to clinic assignment. Our primary outcome was difference in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score using data for clusters at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 month follow-up in a mixed-effects model of the intention-to-treat population. We originally aimed to analyse outcomes at 24 months, however the difference between groups at 12 months was large and funding was insufficient to continue to 24 months, therefore we decided to end the trial at 12 months. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01287494. FINDINGS Of 34 primary care clinics in Shangcheng district, 16 were randomly chosen. We randomly assigned eight clinics to the DCM intervention (164 patients enrolled) and eight primary care clinics to enhanced care as usual (162 patients). There were no major differences in baseline demographic and clinical variables between the groups of patients for each intervention. Over the 12 months, patients in clinics assigned to DCM had a significantly greater reduction in HAMD score than did those in practices assigned to enhanced care as usual (estimated between group difference -6·5 [95% CI -7·1 to -5·9]; Cohen's d 0·8 [95% CI 0·8-0·9]; p<0·0001). The intercluster correlation for change in HAMD total score was 0·07 (95% CI 0·06-0·08). There were no study-related adverse events in either group. INTERPRETATION Clinical outcomes of Chinese adults older than 60 years who had major depression were improved when their primary care clinic used DCM. Primary care-based collaborative management of depression is promising to address this pressing public health need in China. FUNDING National Institutes of Health, Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China, Ministry of Education, China.
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- Shulin Chen
- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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Huffman JC, Celano CM. Depression in cardiovascular disease: From awareness to action. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2015; 25:623-4. [PMID: 25910599 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jeff C Huffman
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Huang H, Barkil-Oteo A. The early-career consultation psychiatrist: preparing psychiatry residents for the integrated care wave. PSYCHOSOMATICS 2014; 55:740-1. [PMID: 25497510 DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Hsiang Huang
- Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
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Michal M, Prochaska JH, Ullmann A, Keller K, Gobel S, Coldewey M, Münzel T, Wiltink J, Beutel ME, Wild PS. Relevance of depression for anticoagulation management in a routine medical care setting: results from the ThrombEVAL study program. J Thromb Haemost 2014; 12:2024-33. [PMID: 25292317 DOI: 10.1111/jth.12743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms have detrimental effects on quality of life and mortality. Poor adherence to a treatment regimen is a potential mechanism for the increased risk of adverse medical events associated with depression. Regarding oral anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists, adherence is crucial for the outcome. Little is known about the clinical relevance of current depressiveness for anticoagulation treatment. OBJECTIVES To examine the impact of current depressiveness on anticoagulation treatment in regular medical care. PATIENTS/METHODS We examined the association between clinically significant depressiveness as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 ≥ 2 (PHQ-2 ≥ 2) with the percentage of time in the therapeutic range (TTR), self-rated compliance, several aspects of health literacy, anticoagulation side-effects and treatment satisfaction in a cross-sectional study of 1790 oral anticoagulation outpatients. RESULTS Seven hundred and sixteen participants (40.0%) had clinically significant depressive symptoms. Depressed persons reported lower compliance with intake of prescribed medication and regular visits for control of anticoagulation, more unspecific side-effects (e.g. pruritus) and lower satisfaction with the anticoagulation treatment and their doctors' expertise and empathy. Depressed as compared with non-depressed individuals had a lower TTR (-4.67; 95% CI, -8.39 to -0.95). Increasing severity of depressiveness was related with decreasing TTR. However, depressiveness lost its significant impact on TTR after multivariable adjustment (-3.11; 95% CI, -6.88 to 0.66). CONCLUSIONS Clinically significant depressiveness was highly prevalent and impaired several aspects of anticoagulation treatment. Depressiveness should be regarded as a clinically significant condition that needs to be addressed in the management of anticoagulation patients.
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- M Michal
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany
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Major depression is an important complication of cancer. However, it is frequently inadequately treated. There are challenges both in identifying which cancer patients are depressed, and in ensuring that these patients receive effective treatment for their depression. Integration of depression management into cancer care has been advocated as a way to address these challenges. Such integrated approaches must include both the systematic identification of cases and the delivery of treatment. We describe here a system of depression care that includes both a screening programme to identify patients with depression and a linked treatment programme, based on the collaborative care model, called 'Depression Care for People with Cancer' (DCPC). The system of care was designed to be fully integrated with specialist cancer services and has been robustly evaluated in randomized trials. We describe how the system operates and explain why it is designed as it is. We also summarize the evidence for its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and discuss its implementation in routine clinical practice.
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- Jane Walker
- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry , Oxford , UK
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Sharpe M, Walker J, Holm Hansen C, Martin P, Symeonides S, Gourley C, Wall L, Weller D, Murray G. Integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer (SMaRT Oncology-2): a multicentre randomised controlled effectiveness trial. Lancet 2014; 384:1099-108. [PMID: 25175478 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61231-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Medical conditions are often complicated by major depression, with consequent additional impairment of quality of life. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of an integrated treatment programme for major depression in patients with cancer (depression care for people with cancer) with usual care. METHODS SMaRT Oncology-2 is a parallel-group, multicentre, randomised controlled effectiveness trial. We enrolled outpatients with major depression from three cancer centres and their associated clinics in Scotland, UK. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the depression care for people with cancer intervention or usual care, with stratification (by trial centre) and minimisation (by age, primary cancer, and sex) with allocation concealment. Depression care for people with cancer is a manualised, multicomponent collaborative care treatment that is delivered systematically by a team of cancer nurses and psychiatrists in collaboration with primary care physicians. Usual care is provided by primary care physicians. Outcome data were collected up until 48 weeks. The primary outcome was treatment response (≥50% reduction in Symptom Checklist Depression Scale [SCL-20] score, range 0-4) at 24 weeks. Trial statisticians and data collection staff were masked to treatment allocation, but participants could not be masked to the allocations. Analyses were by intention to treat. This trial is registered with Current Controlled Trials, number ISRCTN40568538. FINDINGS 500 participants were enrolled between May 12, 2008, and May 13, 2011; 253 were randomly allocated to depression care for people with cancer and 247 to usual care. 143 (62%) of 231 participants in the depression care for people with cancer group and 40 (17%) of 231 in the usual care group responded to treatment: absolute difference 45% (95% CI 37-53), adjusted odds ratio 8·5 (95% CI 5·5-13·4), p<0·0001. Compared with patients in the usual care group, participants allocated to the depression care for people with cancer programme also had less depression, anxiety, pain, and fatigue; and better functioning, health, quality of life, and perceived quality of depression care at all timepoints (all p<0·05). During the study, 34 cancer-related deaths occurred (19 in the depression care for people with cancer group, 15 in the usual care group), one patient in the depression care for people with cancer group was admitted to a psychiatric ward, and one patient in this group attempted suicide. None of these events were judged to be related to the trial treatments or procedures. INTERPRETATION Our findings suggest that depression care for people with cancer is an effective treatment for major depression in patients with cancer. It offers a model for the treatment of depression comorbid with other medical conditions. FUNDING Cancer Research UK and Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government.
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- Michael Sharpe
- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Department of Psychiatry, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Population Health Sciences, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Population Health Sciences, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
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Integrated collaborative care for major depression comorbid with a poor prognosis cancer (SMaRT Oncology-3): a multicentre randomised controlled trial in patients with lung cancer. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:1168-76. [PMID: 25175097 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70343-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The management of depression in patients with poor prognosis cancers, such as lung cancer, creates specific challenges. We aimed to assess the efficacy of an integrated treatment programme for major depression in patients with lung cancer compared with usual care. METHODS Symptom Management Research Trials (SMaRT) Oncology-3 is a parallel-group, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. We enrolled patients with lung cancer and major depression from three cancer centres and their associated clinics in Scotland, UK. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the depression care for people with lung cancer treatment programme or usual care by a database software algorithm that used stratification (by trial centre) and minimisation (by age, sex, and cancer type) with allocation concealment. Depression care for people with lung cancer is a manualised, multicomponent collaborative care treatment that is systematically delivered by a team of cancer nurses and psychiatrists in collaboration with primary care physicians. Usual care is provided by primary care physicians. The primary outcome was depression severity (on the Symptom Checklist Depression Scale [SCL-20], range 0-4) averaged over the patient's time in the trial (up to a maximum of 32 weeks). Trial statisticians and data collection staff were masked to treatment allocation, but patients and clinicians could not be masked to the allocations. Analyses were by intention to treat. This trial is registered with Current Controlled Trials, number ISRCTN75905964. FINDINGS 142 participants were recruited between Jan 5, 2009, and Sept 9, 2011; 68 were randomly allocated to depression care for people with lung cancer and 74 to usual care. 43 (30%) of 142 patients had died by 32 weeks, all of which were cancer-related deaths. No intervention-related serious adverse events occurred. 131 (92%) of 142 patients provided outcome data (59 in the depression care for people with lung cancer group and 72 in the usual care group) and were included in the intention-to-treat primary analysis. Average depression severity was significantly lower in patients allocated to depression care for people with lung cancer (mean score on the SCL-20 1·24 [SD 0·64]) than in those allocated to usual care (mean score 1·61 [SD 0·58]); difference -0·38 (95% CI -0·58 to -0·18); standardised mean difference -0·62 (95% CI -0·94 to -0·29). Self-rated depression improvement, anxiety, quality of life, role functioning, perceived quality of care, and proportion of patients achieving a 12-week treatment response were also significantly better in the depression care for people with lung cancer group than in the usual care group. INTERPRETATION Our findings suggest that major depression can be treated effectively in patients with a poor prognosis cancer; integrated depression care for people with lung cancer was substantially more efficacious than was usual care. Larger trials are now needed to estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this care programme in this patient population, and further adaptation of the treatment will be necessary to address the unmet needs of patients with major depression and even shorter life expectancy. FUNDING Cancer Research UK and Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government.
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Cerimele JM, Chan YF, Chwastiak LA, Avery M, Katon W, Unützer J. Bipolar disorder in primary care: clinical characteristics of 740 primary care patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatr Serv 2014; 65:1041-6. [PMID: 24733084 PMCID: PMC4119512 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the characteristics of primary care patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in a statewide mental health integration program (MHIP). METHODS With the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (Version 3.0) and clinician diagnosis, 740 primary care patients with bipolar disorder were identified in Washington State between January 2008 and December 2011. Clinical rating scales were administered to patients at the time of enrollment and during treatment. Quality-of-care outcomes were obtained from a systematic review of the patient disease registry and compared with a previous study of patients with depressive symptoms in an MHIP. Descriptive analysis techniques were used to describe patients' clinical characteristics. RESULTS Primary care patients with bipolar disorder had high symptom severity on depression and anxiety measures: Patient Health Questionaire-9 (mean±SD score of 18.1±5.9 out of 27) and the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (15.7±4.7 out of 21). Psychosocial problems were common, with approximately 53% reporting concerns about housing, 15% reporting homelessness, and 22% reporting lack of a support person. Only 26% of patients were referred to specialty mental health treatment. Patients with bipolar disorder had a greater amount of contact with clinicians during treatment compared with patients with depressive symptoms from a prior study. CONCLUSIONS Primary care patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in MHIP had severe depression, symptoms of comorbid psychiatric illnesses, and multiple psychosocial problems. Patients with bipolar disorder received more intensive care compared with patients with depressive symptoms from a prior study. Referral to a community mental health center occurred infrequently even though most patients had persistent symptoms.
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Antoniades J, Mazza D, Brijnath B. Efficacy of depression treatments for immigrant patients: results from a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry 2014; 14:176. [PMID: 24930429 PMCID: PMC4084503 DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-14-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The unprecedented rates of global migration present unique challenges to mental health services in migrant receiving countries to provide efficacious and culturally salient treatment for mental health conditions including depression. This review aimed to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of depression interventions specifically directed towards first-generation immigrant populations. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of original research published between 2000 and 2013 that investigated depression interventions in first generation immigrants. RESULTS Fifteen studies were included; the majority focused on Latino immigrants living in the United States (US). Twelve studies investigated the use of psychotherapies; the remainder examined collaborative care models and physical exercise-based interventions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Behavioral Activation tended to improve depressive symptoms, especially when culturally adapted to suit clients while Problem Solving Therapy improved depressive symptomology with and without adaptations. Collaborative care and exercise did not significantly improve depressive symptoms. CONCLUSION Depression may be effectively treated by means of psychotherapies, especially when treatments are culturally adapted. However the reviewed studies were limited due to methodological weaknesses and were predominantly undertaken in the US with Latino patients. To improve generalizability, future research should be undertaken in non-US settings, amongst diverse ethnic groups and utilize larger sample sizes in either randomized clinical trials or observational cohort studies.
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- Josefine Antoniades
- Department of General Practice, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Rd, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia.
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- Department of General Practice, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Rd, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of General Practice, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Rd, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia
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Walker S, Walker J, Richardson G, Palmer S, Wu Q, Gilbody S, Martin P, Hansen CH, Sawhney A, Murray G, Sculpher M, Sharpe M. Cost-effectiveness of combining systematic identification and treatment of co-morbid major depression for people with chronic diseases: the example of cancer. Psychol Med 2014; 44:1451-1460. [PMID: 23962484 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291713002079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Co-morbid major depression occurs in approximately 10% of people suffering from a chronic medical condition such as cancer. Systematic integrated management that includes both identification and treatment has been advocated. However, we lack information on the cost-effectiveness of this combined approach, as published evaluations have focused solely on the systematic (collaborative care) treatment stage. We therefore aimed to use the best available evidence to estimate the cost-effectiveness of systematic integrated management (both identification and treatment) compared with usual practice, for patients attending specialist cancer clinics. METHOD We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis using a decision analytic model structured to reflect both the identification and treatment processes. Evidence was taken from reviews of relevant clinical trials and from observational studies, together with data from a large depression screening service. Sensitivity and scenario analyses were undertaken to determine the effects of variations in depression incidence rates, time horizons and patient characteristics. RESULTS Systematic integrated depression management generated more costs than usual practice, but also more quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was £11,765 per QALY. This finding was robust to tests of uncertainty and variation in key model parameters. CONCLUSIONS Systematic integrated management of co-morbid major depression in cancer patients is likely to be cost-effective at widely accepted threshold values and may be a better way of generating QALYs for cancer patients than some existing medical and surgical treatments. It could usefully be applied to other chronic medical conditions.
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- S Walker
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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- Psychological Medicine Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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