Patients' and clinicians' perspectives on relevant treatment outcomes in depression: qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Although symptomatic remission is considered the optimal outcome in depression, this is not always achieved. Furthermore, symptom indicators do not fully capture patients' and clinicians' perspectives on remission. Broader indicators of (partial) remission from depression should be considered. AIMS:To investigate relevant outcomes of depression treatment in specialist care from patients' and clinicians' perspectives and to investigate whether these perspectives differ from each other. METHOD:Three focus groups with 11 patients with depression and seven semi-structured interviews with clinicians were conducted exploring their perspectives on remission. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. We analysed the transcripts thematically using the phenomenologist a

SUBMITTER: Kan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature