Integrated Depression Care (IDECA)

University Ghent

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Depression Mild; Depression Moderate; Depression Severe

Treatments: Other: Integrated care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05788198

NOPRODDEP4002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Integrated DEpression CAre (IDECA) Programme is a multi-faceted intervention strategy aiming to improve guideline adherence and shared care practices for depression management in both providers and patients, as measured through a set of process and clinical outcome indicators (primary outcome measure).

Full description

The following deliverables apply:

1. Development and implementation of a shared care protocol for depression management involving primary, secondary and tertiary care levels;
2. Training module for physicians and other care providers in population health management for patients with depression;
3. Training module for case managers/integration of a case management function into existing depression service offerings;
4. A patient education module for depression self-management;
5. A financing model for integrated depression care.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• persons between 18-65
• presenting to the general practitioner's office
• with depressive symtomatology

Exclusion criteria

• Severe depression warranting direct referral to specialized services

Inclusion criteria are kept broad on purpose as it's one of the research questions to define for which patients the intervention (namely the case management) is appropriate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 1 patient group

Integrated care arm

Experimental group

Description:

Case management in primary care setting (integration at general practitioners' practices), Depression and population management education for general practitioners, shared care guidance protocol including a medication path (drug classes, no specific drugs specified, based on available depression guidelines in Belgium).

Treatment:

Other: Integrated care