Technology-facilitated Depression Care Management Among Predominantly Latino Diabetes Patients Within a Public Safety Net Care System

Comparative Effectiveness Trial Design

Shin-Yi Wu, Kathleen Ell, Sandra Gross-Schulman, Laura Myerchin Sklaroff, Wayne J. Katon, Art Nezu, Pey-Jiuan Lee, Irene Vidyanti, Chih-Ping Chou, Jeffrey J. Guterman

ResearchPosted on rand.org Mar 1, 2014Published in: Contemporary Clinical Trials, v. 37, no. 2, Mar. 2014, p. 342-354

Health disparities in minority populations are well recognized. Hispanics and Latinos constitute the largest ethnic minority group in the United States; a significant proportion receives their care via a safety net. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and comorbid depression is high among this group, but the uptake of evidence-based collaborative depression care management has been suboptimal. The study design and baseline characteristics of the enrolled sample in the Diabetes-Depression Care-management Adoption Trial (DCAT) establishes a quasi-experimental comparative effectiveness research clinical trial aimed at accelerating the adoption of collaborative depression care in safety net clinics. Conducted in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services at eight county-operated clinics. DCAT has enrolled 1,406 low-income, predominantly Hispanic/Latino patients with diabetes to test a translational model of depression care management. This three-group study compares usual care with a collaborative care team support model and a technology-facilitated depression care model that provides automated telephonic depression screening and monitoring tailored to patient conditions and preferences. Call results are integrated into a diabetes disease management registry that delivers provider notifications, generates tasks, and issues critical alerts. All subjects receive comprehensive assessments at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months by independent English-Spanish bilingual interviewers. Study outcomes include depression outcomes, treatment adherence, satisfaction, acceptance of assessment and monitoring technology, social and economic stress reduction, diabetes self-care management, health care utilization, and care management model cost and cost-effectiveness comparisons. DCAT's goal is to optimize depression screening, treatment, follow-up, outcomes, and cost savings to reduce health disparities.

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  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2014
  • Pages: 13
  • Document Number: EP-50497

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