NCT05788198

Integrated Depression Care

Integrated Depression Care Project

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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).

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Depression Mild
• Depression Moderate
• Depression Severe

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Integrated care	The intervention will be modelled based on the most frequently reported patient, family physician and specialist barriers in depression management. In this project, multiple interventions aiming to tackle these barriers will be set up, with the WHO Framework on Integrated People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) serving as conceptual backbone to the study (Table 1). The IPCHS distinguishes five interdependent strategies supporting a shift in healthcare delivery, management and funding towards universal health coverage. These strategies are: 1. empowering and engaging people and communities; 2. strengthening governance and accountability; 3. reorienting the model of care; 4. coordinating services within and across sectors; 5. creating an enabling environment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-25
• Primary completion: 2024-09-30
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2023-03-28
• Last updated: 2024-06-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Belgium