[PDF] Top 20 Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a guideline based stepped care model for patients with depression: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in routine care

... The study is a randomized controlled intervention trial of a consecutive sample of depressive patients from primary care assessed with a prospective survey at four ... See full document

... Background: Depression is common among women during perinatal period and is associated with long-term adverse consequences for the mother and ...perinatal depression usually goes unrecognized and ...the ... See full document

... primary care, particularly smaller practices that have the most difficulty achieving good control for their ...Medical care is provided by a diabetes specialist or a GP with a special interest (GPwSI) in ... See full document

... This study has received approval from the Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committees ...The study will be carried out in compliance with national and state legal and regulatory requirements; and ... See full document

... of patients, health professionals and other stakeholders are being ...20 patients who have experienced the ...sample, based on responses to the quantitative questionnaires administered at the end of ... See full document

... a model of prenatal group based care, within which one-to-one visits are being replaced by group consultations ...of care – health assessment, education, and support. The group based ... See full document

... the stepped wedge design, compar- ing primary outcomes within and between ...standard care (pre-- intervention ...the stepped wedge design can also model the effects of time to determine ... See full document

... A cluster randomized controlled trial will be implemented in the state of Goa, on the west coast of ...primary care facilities, 12 from the government sector and 12 from the private ... See full document

... When patients consider to participate, they are asked to fill out a two question screening form (Patient Health Questonnaire-2, or PHQ-2 [34]) that will be provided with the information letter and send it back ... See full document

... of stepped and collaborative care approaches to expanding mental health service [12, ...this model, non- physician PHCWs deliver the bulk of essential mental health service under the supervision and ... See full document

... and depression can cause serious functional impairment, reduced quality of life [3,4], high levels of public service usage and huge eco- nomic costs ...the patients with major depressive disorder also ... See full document

... if patients are asked to complete a short questionnaire to report psychosocial problems, under-diagnosis of poor mental health can be considerably decreased ...tressed patients does not necessarily ... See full document

... current study has several strengths: it will fill cru- cial knowledge gaps in the domain of screening for and management of IUGR and is, therefore, expected to have important clinical ...IRIS study is the ... See full document

... Physical examination is the next and the last step to make an accurate diagnosis. The equipment needed for the physical examination is simple and available in every primary care examination room: stethoscope, ... See full document

... of patients suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy [8]. Patients with uncontrolled epilepsy heavily depend on informal care (family and friends) and on health care professionals (neurologists, ... See full document

... a trial con- sidering a one-month watchful waiting period only 21% of the sample had at least one contact with the physician during the first ...present study, GPs received brief training on active ... See full document

... missing cost items for returned questionnaires. We imputed a zero cost where there was no indication of a particular resource being ...mean cost for participants with data for that item at the same ... See full document

... One study [27] did not report a time horizon for the economic ...within- trial component of the economic evaluations in the remaining 18 studies was 8 months (median 9 months and range 1 to 12 ...the ... See full document

... observational study among 78 patients, symptoms re- duced significantly after mechanical traction immedi- ately post treatment (p < ...116 patients. At 6 months’ follow-up, patients in the ... See full document

... the trial. The consultee will be inde- pendent from the study and can be a relative, friend or medical ...the trial, they will be ...the trial, but indi- cates they wish to remain in the ... See full document