Abstract
Background Depression will be the second largest cause of disease burden by 2020. It is commonly associated with long term physical health conditions resulting in worsened clinical outcome and increased costs. Nurses would appear ideally placed to facilitate depression management in those people with long term health problems within health care clinics. This article reviews the evidence to support such a clinical approach. Method A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of nurse led management of depression in patients with long term health problems. Databases were searched between December 2011 and May 2012, data were extracted and analysed using Comprehensive Meta Analysis software. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression were used to explore the impact of study level moderators of effect. Results Nurse delivered collaborative care was compared to usual care in 14 studies including 4440 participants. The mean effect size at follow-up was d=0.43 95% CI 0.34 to 0.52 p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-22 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Affective Disorders |
Volume | 149 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- Collaborative care
- Depression
- Long term health conditions
- Meta-analysis
- Nurses