Trial reportHealth services research2018
A Randomized Trial of Off-Site Collaborative Care for Depression in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus.
Trial report in Health services research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pharmacy-based management for depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Implementation of hospital-initiated complex interventions for adult people with multiple long-term conditions: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The evolving role of pharmacists in depression care: a scoping review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024Article
- Systematic literature review of the impact of psychiatric pharmacists.The mental health clinician · 2024Review
- Impact of pharmacists on outcomes for patients with psychiatric or neurologic disorders.The mental health clinician · 2020Article
- Models of care for improving health-related quality of life, mental health, or mortality in persons with multimorbidity: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityReview
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Authors and funding
13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveTo test the effectiveness of a collaborative depression care model in improving depression and hepatitis C virus (HCV) care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY
settingHepatitis C virus clinic patients who screened positive for depression at four Veterans Affairs Hospitals. STUDY
designWe compared off-site depression collaborative care (delivered by depression care manager, pharmacist, and psychiatrist) with usual care in a randomized trial. Primary depression outcomes were treatment response (≥50 percent decrease in 20-item Hopkins Symptoms Checklist [SCL-20] score), remission (mean SCL-20 score, <0.5), and depression-free days (DFDs). Primary HCV outcome was receipt of HCV treatment. DATA COLLECTION: Patient data were collected by self-report telephone surveys at baseline and 12 months, and from electronic medical records. PRINCIPAL
findingsBaseline screening identified 292 HCV-infected patients with depression, and 242 patients completed 12-month follow-up (82.9 percent). Intervention participants were more likely to report depression treatment response, remission, and more DFDs than usual care participants. Intervention participants were more likely to receive antiviral treatment; however, the difference was not statistically significant.
conclusionOff-site depression collaborative care improved depression outcomes in HCV patients and may serve as a model for collaboration between mental health and specialty physical health providers in other high co-occurring conditions.
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