Collaborative Care to Improve Quality of Life for Anxiety and Depression in Posttraumatic Epilepsy (CoCarePTE): Protocol for a Randomized Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety and depression in people with epilepsy are common and associated with poor outcomes; yet, they often go untreated due to poor mental health specialist access. Collaborative care is an integrated care model with a strong evidence base in primary care and medical settings, but it has not been evaluated in neurology clinics. Evaluating implementation outcomes when translating evidence-based interventions to new clinical settings to inform future scaling and incorporation into real-world practice is important.

Objective

The Collaborative Care for Posttraumatic Epilepsy (CoCarePTE) trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness (improvement in emotional quality of life) and implementation of a collaborative care intervention for people with anxiety or depressive symp

SUBMITTER: Munger Clary HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602765 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature