Practice nurse-led proactive care for chronic depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
Marta BuszewiczMichael King

Abstract

Management of long-term depression is a significant problem in primary care populations with considerable on-going morbidity, but few studies have focused on this group. To evaluate whether structured, nurse-led proactive care of patients with chronic depression in primary care improves outcomes. Participants with chronic/recurrent major depression or dysthymia were recruited from 42 UK general practices and randomised to general practitioner (GP) treatment as usual or nurse intervention over 2 years (the ProCEED trial, trial registration:ISRCTN36610074). In total 282 people received the intervention and there were 276 controls. At 24 months there was no significant improvement in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) score or quality of life (Euroquol-EQ-VAS), but a significant improvement in functional impairment (Work and Social Activity Schedule, WSAS) of 2.5 (95% CI 0.6-4.3,P= 0.010) in the intervention group. The impact per practice-nurse intervention session was -0.37 (95% CI -0.68 to -0.07,P= 0.017) on the BDI-II score and 70.33 (95% CI 70.55 to -0.10,P= 0.004) on the WSAS score, indicating that attending all 10 intervention sessions could lead to a BDI-II score reduction of 3.7 points compared with controls. The intervent...Continue Reading

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