ArticlePreventing chronic disease2012
Implementation of an evidence-based depression care management program (PEARLS): perspectives from staff and former clients.
Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- "Voice of concern" for rural veterans with PTSD: Care managers' role engaging rural veterans in evidence-based therapies via telemedicine.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2025Article
- Designing Implementation Strategies for Lay-Delivered Depression Care: Senior Center Organizational Perspectives From A Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry. Open science, education, and practice · 2025Article
- An interprofessional nurse-led mental health promotion intervention for older home care clients with depressive symptoms.BMC geriatrics · 2014Article
- Race, stigma, and mental health referrals among clients of aging services who screened positive for depression.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2014Article
- The CDC Healthy Aging Research Network: Advancing Science toward Action and Policy for the Evidence-Based Health Promotion Movement.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Development and Evaluation of a Fidelity Instrument for PEARLS.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Translating PEARLS: Lessons Learned from Providers and Participants.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Depression in Homebound Older Adults: Recent Advances in Screening and Psychosocial Interventions.Current translational geriatrics and experimental gerontology reports · 2013Article
- A Multi-Stakeholder Process to Transform a Community-based Screening and Referral Program to Implement Evidence-Based Depression Care.Journal of evidence-informed social workArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
introductionAlthough researchers develop evidence-based programs for public health practice, rates of adoption and implementation are often low. This qualitative study aimed to better understand implementation of the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS), a depression care management program at a Seattle-King County area agency on aging.
methodsWe used stratified, purposive sampling in 2008 to identify 38 PEARLS clients and agency staff for participation. In 9 focus groups and 1 one-on-one interview, we asked participants to identify benefits and negative consequences of PEARLS, facilitators of and barriers to program implementation, and strategies for overcoming the barriers. Two independent researchers used thematic analysis to categorize data into key themes and subthemes.
resultsPEARLS benefits clients by decreasing depression symptoms and addressing other concerns, such as health problems. For staff, PEARLS provides "another set of eyes" and is a comprehensive program to help them meet clients' mental health needs. Barriers included issues with implementation process (eg, lack of communication) and the perception that eligibility criteria were more rigid than those of other agency programs. Recommended solutions included changing eligibility criteria, providing additional staff training, increasing communication, and clarifying referral procedures, roles, and responsibilities.
conclusionBarriers to PEARLS delivery discourage referrals to what is generally viewed as a beneficial program. Implementing participants' strategies for overcoming these barriers can enhance delivery of PEARLS to a greater number of older adults and help them improve their depression symptoms.
Indexed as
Identifiers
22537909PMC3406738What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.