Trial reportBMC family practice2019
Process evaluation of a cluster randomised intervention in Swedish primary care: using care managers in collaborative care to improve care quality for patients with depression.
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RCT on Care Manager Organization for Management of Mild-moderate Depression in the Primary Care Setting, Sweden
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- The care manager meeting the patients' unique needs using the care manager model-A qualitative study of experienced care managers.BMC family practice · 2021Trial
- Implementation of care managers for patients with depression: a cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care.BMJ open · 2020Trial
- Organisational and social work-environment experiences after care manager implementation: a repeated cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Tailoring a Skills-Based Serostatus Disclosure Intervention for Transgender Women in South Africa: Protocol for a Usability and Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- A Skills-Based HIV Serostatus Disclosure Intervention for Sexual Minority Men in South Africa: Protocol for Intervention Adaptation and a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Barriers, facilitators, and proposals for improvement in the implementation of a collaborative care program for depression: a qualitative study of primary care physicians and nurses.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Collaborative care for depression management in primary care: A randomized roll-out trial using a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation design.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Cost-effectiveness of a care manager collaborative care programme for patients with depression in primary care: 12-month economic evaluation of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe collaborative care model with a care manager has previously generated beneficial results for patients with depression in terms of decreased burden of depression symptoms. A care manager function has been tested in Sweden in the PRIM-CARE RCT with successful results. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the process of implementing care managers in collaborative care for patients with depression in Swedish primary health care in the PRIM-CARE RCT.
methodsThe study followed UK Medical Research Council guidance for process evaluation. Field notes from the implementation of the PRIM - CARE RCT were used, as well as data collected from five focus group discussions with General Practitioners (n = 29) and three focus group discussions with care managers (n = 11). Data were analysed with content analysis.
resultsTraining sessions, careful preparation and extensive initial support to the care manager and staff at the Primary Care Centres were important ingredients in the implementation. The close access to facilitators, the recurrent peer support meetings, and the weekly newsletter strengthened the care manager function.
conclusionsA complex intervention adapted to the Swedish primary care context focusing on a care manager function for patients with depression could be performed through a stepwise implementation process. Financial support from the health care regions included in the study helped to reduce the impact of identified barriers. This process evaluation has revealed new and important knowledge for primary care development concerning infrastructure and organization building, knowledge sharing, and facilitating factors and barriers.
trial registrationNCT02378272 Care Manager - Coordinating Care for Person Centered Management of Depression in Primary Care (PRIM - CARE). Registered March 4 2015. Retrospectively registered.
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