Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wu, Shinyi
• Vidyanti, Irene
• Liu, Pai
• Hawkins, Caitlin
• Ramirez, Magaly
• Guterman, Jeffrey
• Gross-Schulman, Sandra
• Sklaroff, Laura Myerchin
• Ell, Kathleen

Titel

Patient-centered technological assessment and monitoring of depression for low-income patients

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of ambulatory care management, 2014-04, Vol.37 (2), p.138-147

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Depression is a significant challenge for ambulatory care because it worsens health status and outcomes, increases health care utilizations and costs, and elevates suicide risk. An automatic telephonic assessment (ATA) system that links with tasks and alerts to providers may improve quality of depression care and increase provider productivity. We used ATA system in a trial to assess and monitor depressive symptoms of 444 safety-net primary care patients with diabetes. We assessed system properties, evaluated preliminary clinical outcomes, and estimated cost savings. The ATA system is feasible, reliable, valid, safe, and likely cost-effective for depression screening and monitoring for low-income primary care population.