Practices of Depression Care in Home Health Care: Home Health Clinician Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study assessed gaps between published best practices and real-world practices of treating depression in home health care (HHC) and barriers to closing gaps.

Methods

The qualitative study used semistructured interviews with nurses and administrators (N=20) from five HHC agencies in five states. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed and analyzed by a multidisciplinary team using grounded theory method to identify themes.

Results

Routine HHC nursing overlapped with all functional areas of depression care. However, gaps were noted between best and real-world practices. Gaps were associated with perceived scope of practice by HHC nurses, knowledge gaps and low self-efficacy in depression treatment, stigma attached to depression, poor quality of antidepre

SUBMITTER: Bao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666762 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature