Patients' perspectives on depression case management in general practice - A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-119

  Gensichen, Jochen ^a,b   Guethlin, Corina ^b   Sarmand, Nilab ^b   Sivakumaran, Dharshini ^b   Jäger, Cornelia ^b   Mergenthal, Karola ^b   Gerlach, Ferdinand M ^b   Petersen, Juliana J ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Primary care; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

CASE MANAGEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 83655164315     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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