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Official title
Integrated Depression Care Project
About this study
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.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Study design
Enrollment target: 150 participants
Allocation: na
Masking: none
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2023-04-25
Estimated completion: 2024-09-30
Last updated: 2024-06-06
Interventions
Other: Integrated care
Primary outcomes
- • Intervention integration (14 months)
Sponsor
University Ghent · other
With: Universiteit Antwerpen, Janssen-Cilag Ltd.
Contacts & investigators
ContactRuben P Willems, PhD · contact · ruben.willems@ugent.be · +32488307749
ContactLiesbeth Borgermans, PhD · contact · liesbeth.borgermans@ugent.be · +32473991090
InvestigatorLiesbeth Borgermans, PhD · principal_investigator, University Ghent
InvestigatorLieven Annemans, PhD · study_chair, University Ghent
All locations (2)
ELZ Mechelen-KatelijneRecruiting
Mechelen, Belgium
ELZ VoorkempenRecruiting
Zoersel, Belgium