Development and assessment of an active strategy for the implementation of a collaborative care approach for depression in primary care (the INDI·i project).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is the principal clinical setting for the management of depression. However, significant shortcomings have been detected in its diagnosis and clinical management, as well as in patient outcomes. We developed the INDI collaborative care model to improve the management of depression in primary care. This intervention has been favorably evaluated in terms of clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness in a clinical trial. Our aim is to bring this intervention from the scientific context into clinical practice.

Methods

Objective: To test for the feasibility and impact of a strategy for implementing the INDI model for depression in primary care.

Design

A quasi-experiment conducted in primary care. Several areas will be established to implement the new

SUBMITTER: Aragones E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729287 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature