Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: the PROMDEP cluster RCT and economic evaluation

CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence of improved depression management or outcome at 12 weeks from using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, but patients' quality of life was better at 26 weeks, perhaps because feedback of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores increased their awareness of improvement in their depression and reduced their anxiety. Further research in primary care should evaluate patient-reported outcome measures including anxiety symptoms, administered remotely, with algorithms delivering clear recommendations for changes in treatment.STUDY REGISTRATION: This study is registered as IRAS250225 and ISRCTN17299295.FUNDING: This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR award ref: 17/42/02) and is published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 28, No. 17. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website for further award information.PMID:38551155 | DOI:10.3310/PLRQ4216

Source: Rural Remote Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Tony Kendrick Christopher Dowrick Glyn Lewis Michael Moore Geraldine M Leydon Adam Wa Geraghty Gareth Griffiths Shihua Zhu Guiqing Lily Yao Carl May Mark Gabbay Rachel Dewar-Haggart Samantha Williams Lien Bui Natalie Thompson Lauren Bridewell Emilia Trapa Source Type: research