Collaborative Care: Depression Initative in the Medical setting

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic medically ill, Comorbid depressive disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depression

• Registration Number: ISRCTN95575369
• Lead Sponsor: Trimbos-institute/Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

2007 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17324283 Protocol 2007 Results article in https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1472-6963-7-28 (added 20/08/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-12-01
• Study Completion: 2010-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 30 August 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

1. All patients of the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) visiting the participating outpatient clinics:
a. diabetes
b. cardiology
c. Human Immumodeficiency Virus (HIV)
d. part of lung medicine (patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD])
and who already have a diagnosis specified in their file
2. Patients are included in the study if a cut off score of 15 (moderate to severe depressive disorder) is reached on a the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), which measures depression severity
3. The symptoms have to be present for at least six weeks or have to cause marked dysfunctioning (e.g. problems at work, housekeeping)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Suicidality (in case of a high risk for suicide, patients will be referred)
2. Concerning the following criteria a suggestion is given to the patients concerned a different kind of help:
a. psychotic
b. suffering from dementia or delirium
c. insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to fill in questionnaires
d. serious mental impairment
e. alcohol or drug addiction
f. already receiving psychiatric treatment
g. pregnancy
h. bipolar disorder
3. Concerning HIV patients:
a. organic psychosyndrome
b. personality change
c. in terminal phase

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of depressive symptoms.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The cost-utility of collaborative care compared to CAU.