Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2018
PsyScan e-tool to support diagnosis and management of psychological problems in general practice: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Validation of the Computerized Adaptive Test for Mental Health in Primary Care.Annals of family medicine · 2019Article
- Initiation and cessation of mental healthcare after mental health screening in primary care: a prospective cohort study.BMC family practice · 2018Article
- PsyScan e-tool to support diagnosis and management of psychological problems in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Article
- Author response.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Article
- Economic evidence of clinical decision support systems in mental health: A systematic literature review.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundGPs are crucial in adequately diagnosing and initiating appropriate management for patients with psychological problems, but face many challenges and require support.
aimTo determine the effects of the e-tool PsyScan. DESIGN AND
settingA randomised controlled trial with a 1-year follow-up, comparing care using PsyScan with usual care for psychological problems, was undertaken in 10 multidisciplinary primary healthcare centres in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
methodBetween consultations with their GP, participants in the intervention group could complete PsyScan. The e-tool consists of a distress screener and Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire to differentiate between stress, depression, anxiety, and somatisation symptoms, and to explore symptom severity. PsyScan generated diagnostic and therapeutic advice for GPs and participants that was automatically transferred to each patient's electronic medical record. The primary outcome was the proportion of participants that achieved a successful treatment result; namely, a decrease of ≥50% on the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, after 1 year.
resultsThere were 176 participants in the intervention group and 160 in the control group. After multiple imputation, the participants in the intervention group had higher chances of achieving a successful treatment result compared with those in the control group (odds ratio [OR] 2.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.5 to 4.8,
conclusionPsyScan generated clinically relevant and statistically significant effects, and could be useful in offering effective individualised care to patients.
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