A collaborative care package for depression comorbid with chronic physical conditions in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A task-sharing collaborative care model for integrated depression care for South Africa's burgeoning primary health care population with chronic conditions was developed and tested through two pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trials. One trial focused on patients with hypertension and was located in one district where a collaborative care model was co-designed with district stakeholders. The other trial, focused on patients on antiretroviral treatment, was located in the same district site, with the addition of a second neighbouring district, without adaptation of the original model. This paper describes the package used to implement this model, and implementation outcomes across the two sites, and summarises lessons and challenges.

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SUBMITTER: Petersen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9717432 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature