A Randomized Trial of Off-Site Collaborative Care for Depression in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the effectiveness of a collaborative depression care model in improving depression and hepatitis C virus (HCV) care.

Data sources/study setting

Hepatitis C virus clinic patients who screened positive for depression at four Veterans Affairs Hospitals.

Study design

We compared off-site depression collaborative care (delivered by depression care manager, pharmacist, and psychiatrist) with usual care in a randomized trial. Primary depression outcomes were treatment response (≥50 percent decrease in 20-item Hopkins Symptoms Checklist [SCL-20] score), remission (mean SCL-20 score, <0.5), and depression-free days (DFDs). Primary HCV outcome was receipt of HCV treatment.

Data collection

Patient data were collected by self-report telephone surveys at b

SUBMITTER: Kanwal F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051980 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature