General Practitioner (GP) education and screening feedback for improving depression outcomes among primary care patients

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Depression; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001139268
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 22 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1992

Inclusion Criteria

Patients attending a participating practice must be aged 18 years or older, and have sufficient English to complete a survey independently.

Eligible GPs will have completed Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) accredited GP Mental Health Skills Training (i.e. GPs who are eligible to bill using items 2715 and 2717 for mental health treatment plans).

Eligible practices must have at least 1 eligible GP who works at least 0.4 full time equivalent (or four sessions) a week who agrees to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients judged by practice staff to be physically or cognitively unable to complete the survey or provide independent informed consent.

GPs who have previously completed the clinical e-audit: Depression: Achieve remission, prevent relapse (92162) will not be eligible to participate. This is because this e-audit will be offered as part of the intervention.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of patients scoring 10 or more on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [Baseline, 3, 6 and 12 (primary timepoint) month follow up]