Long term effect of depression care management on mortality in older adults: follow-up of cluster randomized clinical trial in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether an intervention to improve treatment of depression in older adults in primary care modified the increased risk of death associated with depression.

Design

Long term follow-up of multi-site practice randomized controlled trial (PROSPECT-Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial).

Setting

20 primary care practices in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, USA, randomized to intervention or usual care.

Participants

1226 participants identified between May 1999 and August 2001 through a two stage, age stratified (60-74; ≥ 75 years) depression screening of randomly sampled patients; enrollment included patients who screened positive and a random sample of patients who screened negative.

Intervention<

SUBMITTER: Gallo JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3673762 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature