Challenges in conducting research on collaborative mental health care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to understand poor uptake of the Primary Care Assessment and Research of a Telephone Intervention for Neuropsychiatric Conditions with Education and Resources study (PARTNERs), a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a collaborative care intervention for people experiencing depression, anxiety or at-risk drinking. We explored primary care providers' experience with PARTNERs, and preferences regarding collaborative care models and trials.

Methods

In this qualitative study, we interviewed primary care providers across Ontario who had participated in PARTNERs, using stratified sampling to reach high-, low- and nonreferring providers in urban and rural settings. We audio-recorded, transcribed and thematically analyzed the interviews between May and Decemb

SUBMITTER: Sunderji N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6579651 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature