"Assessment of Risk Factors for Depression Treatment at a Safety Net Clinic"

Scranton-Temple Residency Program

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00984685

STRP0002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to identify the barriers for effective treatment of depression, specifically whether modified CHIS Scale is a valid tool for identifying the high risk patients for depression.

Full description

Depression is a major illness that affects 10% of the population in a medical setting. It is often under diagnosed and under treated. It is an illness that can challenge a persons ability to perform even routine daily activities. Review of the charts of patients diagnosed with depression showed 80% of the patients do not have follow up appointments. We wondered if modified CHIS scale could identify the risk factors for medication non-adherence.

We hypothesised that modified CHIS Scale an effective tool ,for identifying the compliance of patients with the antidepressant medication.

We are conducting a retrospective cohort study at two of our residency based clinics by interviewing approximately 100 patients with CHIS Scale and PHQ9 Questionnaire on their office visits

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of depression before April 15, 2009
• At least one visit since April 15, 2008
• Age 18+

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

depression

Description:

Patients diagnosed with depression before April 15, 2009