The Effect of Targeted and Tailored Patient Depression Engagement Interventions on Patient–Physician Discussion of Suicidal Thoughts: A Randomized Control Trial Ruby Shah, MD, MPH1, Peter Franks, MD2, Anthony Jerant, MD2, Mitchell Feldman, MD, Phil, FACP3, Paul Duberstein, PhD4, Erik Fernandez y Garcia, MD, MPH5, Ladson Hinton, MD6, Lorrie Strohecker, MD, MPH7, and Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MPSH1 1
UC Davis Division of General Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 2UC Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 3UC San Francisco Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry, Rochester, NY, USA; 5UC Davis Department of General Pediatrics and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 6Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; 7Sacramento VA Medical Center Department of General Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA.
BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of depression, primary care provider (PCP) discussion regarding suicidal thoughts among patients with depressive symptoms remains low. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a targeted depression public service announcement (PSA) video or an individually tailored interactive multimedia computer program (IMCP) leads to increased primary care provider (PCP) discussion of suicidal thoughts in patients with elevated risk for clinical depression when compared to an attention control. DESIGN: Randomized control trial at five different healthcare systems in Northern California; two academic, two Veterans Affairs (VA), and one group-model health maintenance organization (HMO). PARTICIPANTS: Eight-hundred sixty-seven participants, with mean age 51.7; 43.9 % women, 43.4 % from a racial/ethnic minority group. INTERVENTION: The PSA was targeted to gender and socio-economic status, and designed to encourage patients to seek depression care or request information regarding depression. The IMCP was an individually tailored interactive health message designed to activate patients to discuss possible depressive symptoms. The attention control was a sleep hygiene video. MAIN MEASURES: Clinician reported discussion of suicidal thoughts. Analyses were stratified by depressive symptom level (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ9] score < 9 [mild or lower] versus ≥ 10 [at least moderate]). KEY RESULTS: Among patients with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 10, PCP discussion of suicidal thoughts was significantly higher in the IMCP group than in the control group (adjusted odds ratio=2.33, 95 % confidence interval=1.5, 5.10, p=0.03). There were no significant
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01144104 Received September 12, 2013 Revised January 2, 2014 Accepted March 3, 2014
effects of either intervention on PCP discussion of suicidal thoughts among patients with a PHQ-9 score
UC Davis Division of General Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 2UC Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 3UC San Francisco Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry, Rochester, NY, USA; 5UC Davis Department of General Pediatrics and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Sacramento, CA, USA; 6Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; 7Sacramento VA Medical Center Department of General Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA.
BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of depression, primary care provider (PCP) discussion regarding suicidal thoughts among patients with depressive symptoms remains low. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a targeted depression public service announcement (PSA) video or an individually tailored interactive multimedia computer program (IMCP) leads to increased primary care provider (PCP) discussion of suicidal thoughts in patients with elevated risk for clinical depression when compared to an attention control. DESIGN: Randomized control trial at five different healthcare systems in Northern California; two academic, two Veterans Affairs (VA), and one group-model health maintenance organization (HMO). PARTICIPANTS: Eight-hundred sixty-seven participants, with mean age 51.7; 43.9 % women, 43.4 % from a racial/ethnic minority group. INTERVENTION: The PSA was targeted to gender and socio-economic status, and designed to encourage patients to seek depression care or request information regarding depression. The IMCP was an individually tailored interactive health message designed to activate patients to discuss possible depressive symptoms. The attention control was a sleep hygiene video. MAIN MEASURES: Clinician reported discussion of suicidal thoughts. Analyses were stratified by depressive symptom level (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ9] score < 9 [mild or lower] versus ≥ 10 [at least moderate]). KEY RESULTS: Among patients with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 10, PCP discussion of suicidal thoughts was significantly higher in the IMCP group than in the control group (adjusted odds ratio=2.33, 95 % confidence interval=1.5, 5.10, p=0.03). There were no significant
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01144104 Received September 12, 2013 Revised January 2, 2014 Accepted March 3, 2014
effects of either intervention on PCP discussion of suicidal thoughts among patients with a PHQ-9 score
