SynthesisSystematic reviews2017
Quality indicators for care of depression in primary care settings: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Systematic reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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
13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Community Pharmacy-Led Depression Services: Service Components, Outcomes, and Implementation Barriers and Facilitators.Depression and anxiety · 2026Pooled it
- Home care quality indicators based on the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC): a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Quality indicators for hip fracture care, a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018Pooled it
- Profiles of physician follow-up care, correlates and outcomes among patients affected by an incident mental disorder.BMC primary care · 2025Observational
- Application of Donabedian Three-Dimensional Model in Outpatient Care Quality: A Scoping Review.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Key performance indicators for pharmaceutical services: A systematic review.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2024Review
- The relationship between relational continuity and family physician follow-up after an antidepressant prescription in older adults: a retrospective cohort study.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Successes and challenges towards improving quality of primary health care services: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Barriers to depression care among middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan's universal healthcare system.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
- Screening and treatment of depression - recommendations for Polish health professionals.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2021Article
- Clinical indicators for common paediatric conditions: Processes, provenance and products of the CareTrack Kids study.PloS one · 2019Article
- Quality indicators for ambulatory care for older adults with diabetes and comorbid conditions: A Delphi study.PloS one · 2018Article
- Depression and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in HIV-positive men in São Paulo, the largest city in South America: Social and psychological implications.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundDespite the growing interest in assessing the quality of care for depression, there is little evidence to support measurement of the quality of primary care for depression. This study identified evidence-based quality indicators for monitoring, evaluating and improving the quality of care for depression in primary care settings.
methodsOvid MEDLINE and Ovid PsycINFO databases, and grey literature, including relevant organizational websites, were searched from 2000 to 2015. Two reviewers independently selected studies if (1) the study methodology combined a systematic literature search with assessment of quality indicators by an expert panel and (2) quality indicators were applicable to assessment of care for adults with depression in primary care settings. Included studies were appraised using the Appraisal of Indicators through Research and Evaluation (AIRE) instrument, which contains four domains and 20 items. A narrative synthesis was used to combine the indicators within themes. Quality indicators applicable to care for adults with depression in primary care settings were extracted using a structured form. The extracted quality indicators were categorized according to Donabedian's 'structure-process-outcome' framework.
resultsThe search revealed 3838 studies. Four additional publications were identified through grey literature searching. Thirty-nine articles were reviewed in detail and seven met the inclusion criteria. According to the AIRE domains, all studies were clear on purpose and stakeholder involvement, while formal endorsement and usage of indicators in practice were scarcely described. A total of 53 quality indicators were identified from the included studies, many of which overlap conceptually or in content: 15 structure, 33 process and four outcome indicators. This study identified quality indicators for evaluating primary care for depression among adult patients.
conclusionsThe identified set of indicators address multiple dimensions of depression care and provide an excellent starting point for further development and use in primary care settings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What 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.