Collaborative care for patients with depression and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetic patients with depression are often inadequately treated within primary care. These comorbid conditions are associated with poor outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to examine whether collaborative care can improve depression and diabetes outcomes in patients with both depression and diabetes.

Methods

Medline, Embase, Cochrane library and PsyINFO were systematically searched to identify relevant publications. All randomized controlled trials of collaborative care for diabetic patients with depression of all ages who were reported by depression treatment response, depression remission, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values, adherence to antidepressant medication and/or oral hypoglycemic agent were included. Two authors independently screened search resu

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854683 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature