Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): A trial evaluating the impact of a complex intervention involving a digital Community of Practice and academic detailing on guideline adherence

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Depression (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Anxiety (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Adjustment Disorder (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Substance Misuse (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Acute Stress Disorder (in direct or indirect association with workplace factors); Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Addiction; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620001163998
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 9 November 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1320

Inclusion Criteria

GPs: high caseload GPs (i.e., are listed within the top 25th percentile of caseload on the SIRA (NSW), WorkSafeVictoria and/or Comcare databases (of GPs based in NSW and Vic only).
Patients: >18 years old, who are employed at the time of enrolment and who have a confirmed or suspected work-related mental health condition. Patient participants may display symptoms of a primary mental health condition (i.e. those with a direct association between stressor(s) and symptom(s)) or a secondary mental health condition (i.e. those with an in-direct association between stressor(s) and symptom(s) such as depression following a musculoskeletal work-related injury).

Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria are liberal to increase generalisability and ecological validity of our study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is adherence to guideline-based care by participating GPs using virtual simulated patient scenarios (VSPSs). The VSPSs, each approximately 15 minutes duration, will be focused on typical presentations by patients presenting to GPs with work-related mental health conditions and require GPs to assess, diagnose and manage patients as they would in their own consulting room. They will present GPs with a range of scenarios with varying levels of complexity and patient circumstance. We will assess the change in adherence score between GPs in Step 1 and Step 2. [We will assess the primary outcome at baseline and 18 months post-trial commencement.]