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SUBMITTER: Harter M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010425 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Härter Martin M Watzke Birgit B Daubmann Anne A Wegscheider Karl K König Hans-Helmut HH Brettschneider Christian C Liebherz Sarah S Heddaeus Daniela D Steinmann Maya M
Scientific reports 20180620 1
Guidelines recommend stepped and collaborative care models (SCM) for depression. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a complex guideline-based SCM for depressed patients. German primary care units were cluster-randomised into intervention (IG) or control group (CG) (3:1 ratio). Adult routine care patients with PHQ-9 ≥ 5 points could participate and received SCM in IG and treatment as usual (TAU) in CG. Primary outcome was change in PHQ-9 from baseline to 12 months (hypothesis: greater redu ...[more]