Shared Decision Making for Antidepressants in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

For antidepressants, the translation of evidence of comparative effectiveness into practice is suboptimal. This deficit directly affects outcomes and quality of care for patients with depression. To overcome this problem, we developed the Depression Medication Choice (DMC) encounter decision aid, designed to help patients and clinicians consider the available antidepressants and the extent to which they improved depression and other issues important to patients.

Objective

Estimate the effect of DMC on quality of the decision-making process and depression outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

We conducted a cluster randomized trial of adults with moderate to severe depression considering treatment with an antidepressant. Primary care practices in 10 ru

SUBMITTER: LeBlanc A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4754973 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature