ArticleBMC primary care2022
Predictors and outcomes in primary depression care (POKAL) - a research training group develops an innovative approach to collaborative care.
Article in BMC primary care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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
14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development and validation of the SuPr-10 questionnaire for suicidality assessment in primary care patients with depressive symptoms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- PACIC: patient activation and problem solving not related to age in patients with depressive symptoms.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- A multimodal approach to depression diagnosis: insights from machine learning algorithm development in primary care.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Suboptimal antidepressant use among inpatients and outpatients with symptoms of depression: a cross-sectional analysis of the POKAL core data set.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to antidepressant deprescribing - A qualitative interview study with general practitioners in Germany.The European journal of general practice · 2025Article
- Efficient Online Recruitment of Patients With Depressive Symptoms Using Social Media: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Observational
- [A qualitative interview study to streamline integration of patient participation in research].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2025Article
- Measuring social environment factors of inpatients and outpatients with depression in Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMJ mental health · 2025Article
- Beyond the medical file: A scoping review on patients' perspectives on depression treatment in primary care.PloS one · 2025Article
- The critical role of primary care providers in addressing suicide.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Deconstructing depression by machine learning: the POKAL-PSY study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Deprescribing of antidepressants: development of indicators of high-risk and overprescribing using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Validation of the German Version of the P4 Suicidality Tool.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Depressive primary care patients' assessment of received collaborative care.Scientific reports · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
33 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe interdisciplinary research training group (POKAL) aims to improve care for patients with depression and multimorbidity in primary care. POKAL includes nine projects within the framework of the Chronic Care Model (CCM). In addition, POKAL will train young (mental) health professionals in research competences within primary care settings. POKAL will address specific challenges in diagnosis (reliability of diagnosis, ignoring suicidal risks), in treatment (insufficient patient involvement, highly fragmented care and inappropriate long-time anti-depressive medication) and in implementation of innovations (insufficient guideline adherence, use of irrelevant patient outcomes, ignoring relevant context factors) in primary depression care.
methodsIn 2021 POKAL started with a first group of 16 trainees in general practice (GPs), pharmacy, psychology, public health, informatics, etc. The program is scheduled for at least 6 years, so a second group of trainees starting in 2024 will also have three years of research-time. Experienced principal investigators (PIs) supervise all trainees in their specific projects. All projects refer to the CCM and focus on the diagnostic, therapeutic, and implementation challenges.
resultsThe first cohort of the POKAL research training group will develop and test new depression-specific diagnostics (hermeneutical strategies, predicting models, screening for suicidal ideation), treatment (primary-care based psycho-education, modulating factors in depression monitoring, strategies of de-prescribing) and implementation in primary care (guideline implementation, use of patient-assessed data, identification of relevant context factors). Based on those results the second cohort of trainees and their PIs will run two major trials to proof innovations in primary care-based a) diagnostics and b) treatment for depression.
conclusionThe research and training programme POKAL aims to provide appropriate approaches for depression diagnosis and treatment in primary care.
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.