Process evaluation of a cluster randomised intervention in Swedish primary care: using care managers in collaborative care to improve care quality for patients with depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The collaborative care model with a care manager has previously generated beneficial results for patients with depression in terms of decreased burden of depression symptoms. A care manager function has been tested in Sweden in the PRIM-CARE RCT with successful results. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the process of implementing care managers in collaborative care for patients with depression in Swedish primary health care in the PRIM-CARE RCT.

Methods

The study followed UK Medical Research Council guidance for process evaluation. Field notes from the implementation of the PRIM - CARE RCT were used, as well as data collected from five focus group discussions with General Practitioners (n = 29) and three focus group discussions with care managers (n = 

SUBMITTER: Svenningsson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature