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Collaborative care for depression in UK primary care: a randomized controlled trial

Richards, D. A., Lovell, K., Gilbody, S., Gask, L., Torgerson, D., Barkham, M., Bland, M., Bower, P. +6 more·2008·Psychological Medicine

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Background: Collaborative care is an effective intervention for depression which includes both organizational and patient-level intervention components. The effect in the UK is unknown, as is whether cluster- or patient-randomization would be the most appropriate design for a Phase III clinical trial. Method: We undertook a Phase II patient-level randomized controlled trial in primary care, nested within a cluster-randomized trial. Depressed participants were randomized to ‘collaborative care’ – case manager-coordinated medication support and brief psychological treatment, enhanced specialist and GP communication – or a usual care control. The primary outcome was symptoms of depression (PHQ-9). Results: We recruited 114 participants, 41 to the intervention group, 38 to the patient randomized control group and 35 to the cluster-randomized control group. For the intervention compared to the cluster control the PHQ-9 effect size was 0.63 (95% CI 0.18–1.07). There was evidence of substantial contamination between intervention and patient-randomized control participants with less difference between the intervention group and patient-randomized control group (−2.99, 95% CI −7.56 to 1.58, p=0.186) than between the intervention and cluster-randomized control group (−4.64, 95% CI −7.93 to −1.35, p=0.008). The intra-class correlation coefficient for our primary outcome was 0.06 (95% CI 0.00–0.32). Conclusions: Collaborative care is a potentially powerful organizational intervention for improving depression treatment in UK primary care, the effect of which is probably partly mediated through the organizational aspects of the intervention. A large Phase III cluster-randomized trial is required to provide the most methodologically accurate test of these initial encouraging findings.

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Richards, D. A., Lovell, K., Gilbody, S., Gask, L., Torgerson, D., Barkham, M., Bland, M., Bower, P., Lankshear, A. J., Simpson, A., Fletcher, J., Escott, D., Hennessy, S., & Richardson, R.
Affiliations
  • University of York (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Cardiff University (GB)
Corresponding author
Richards, D. A.
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
2007-09-06
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
279-287
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W2097467803
Cited by
165
References
33
Citations by year
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22.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
collaborative care, depression, primary care, case managers, medication support, PHQ-9, contamination, organizational interventions
MeSH terms
Workforce, Adult, Mental Disorders, Cooperative Behavior, Demography, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Patient Care Team, Primary Health Care, Treatment Outcome

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