SynthesisBMC family practice2016
Collaborative care for anxiety disorders in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Collaborative care approaches for people with severe mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Specific content for collaborative care: a systematic review of collaborative care interventions for patients with multimorbidity involving depression and/or anxiety in primary care.Family practice · 2022Pooled it
- Contemporary treatment of anxiety in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes in countries with universal healthcare.BMC family practice · 2021Pooled it
- Cost-utility analysis of a collaborative and stepped care model in patients with mental disorders in German primary care (the COMET study).BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Using session recordings to understand the content of community-based treatment for childhood anxiety disorders and response to technology-based training.Journal of clinical psychology · 2023Trial
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- How do care providers evaluate collaboration? - qualitative process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of collaborative and stepped care for patients with mental disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Coached Mobile App Platform for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Among Primary Care Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of Practice Team-Supported Exposure Training for Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in Primary Care: a Cluster-Randomized Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Intensive psychotherapy and case management for Karen refugees with major depression in primary care: a pragmatic randomized control trial.BMC family practice · 2020Trial
- Panic Disorder in Primary Care.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Trial
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- Effect of a collaborative care model on anxiety symptoms among patients with depression and diabetes in India: The INDEPENDENT randomized clinical trial.General hospital psychiatryTrial
- Use of emergency medical services by adults with developmental disabilities receiving integrated or usual care.Disability and health journal · 2026Article
- Primary care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practices regarding the management of anxiety and depressive disorders in Georgia.Dusunen adam : Bakirkoy Ruh ve Sinir Hastaliklari Hastanesi yayin organi · 2026Article
- Collaborative Care for Anxiety: Differences in Patient and Clinic-Level Characteristics on Treatment Outcomes in a Safety-Net Hospital System.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Collaborative care treatment for major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Suicide risk remission in collaborative care: a large-scale observational study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Investigation of Characteristics Impacting Clinical Decision-Making in Integrated Behavioral Health Care.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2024Article
- Clinical Variables Associated with Successful Treatment of Depression or Anxiety in Collaborative Care.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2024Observational
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundStudies evaluating collaborative care for anxiety disorders are recently emerging. A systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the effect of collaborative care for adult patients with anxiety disorders in primary care is therefore warranted.
methodsA literature search was performed. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Psycinfo, Embase, Cinahl, and the Cochrane library. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Randomized controlled trials examining the effects of collaborative care for adult primary care patients with an anxiety disorder, compared to care as usual or another intervention. Synthesis methods: Standardized mean differences (SMD) on an anxiety scale closest to twelve months follow-up were calculated and pooled in a random effects meta-analysis.
resultsOf the 3073 studies found, seven studies were included with a total of 2105 participants. Included studies were of moderate to high quality. Collaborative care was superior to care as usual, with a small effect size (SMD = 0.35 95 % CI 0.14-0.56) for all anxiety disorders combined and a moderate effect size (SMD = 0.59, 95 % CI 0.41-0.78) in a subgroup analysis (five studies) on patients with panic disorder.
conclusionsCollaborative care seems to be a promising strategy for improving primary care for anxiety disorders, in particular panic disorder. However, the number of studies is still small and further research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness in other anxiety disorders.
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