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Trial reportDer Nervenarzt2005

[Data supporting quality circle management of inpatient depression treatment].

S Brand, M Härter, P Sitta, D van Calker, R Menke, A Heindl, K Herold, R Kudling, C Luckhaus, U Rupprecht and 6 more

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Trial report in Der Nervenarzt, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

S BrandKlinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelstrasse. sbrand@ukaachen.de
M Härter
P Sitta
D van Calker
R Menke
A Heindl
K Herold
R Kudling
C Luckhaus
U Rupprecht
Dirk Sanner
D Schmitz
E Schramm
M Berger
W Gaebel
F Schneider
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie · DEBundeswehrkrankenhaus · DEEvangelische Kliniken Gelsenkirchen · DEKreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral quality assurance initiatives in health care have been undertaken during the past years. The next step consists of systematically combining single initiatives in order to built up a strategic quality management.

methodsIn a German multicenter study, the quality of inpatient depression treatment was measured in ten psychiatric hospitals. Half of the hospitals received comparative feedback on their individual results in comparison to the other hospitals (bench marking). Those bench markings were used by each hospital as a statistic basis for in-house quality work, to improve the quality of depression treatment.

resultsAccording to hospital differences concerning procedure and outcome, different goals were chosen. There were also differences with respect to structural characteristics, strategies, and outcome. The feedback from participants about data-based quality circles in general and the availability of bench-marking data was positive. The necessity of carefully choosing quality circle members and professional moderation became obvious.

conclusionsData-based quality circles including bench-marking have proven to be useful for quality management in inpatient depression care.

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Management Quality CirclesAttitude of Health PersonnelDepressive DisorderFemaleGermanyHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality Assurance, Health CareTreatment Outcome

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