title: [Analysis of the trajectory of care of a cohort of 280 depressive patients. Initial results].
abstract: This work presents an analysis instrument and the first results obtained while applying it to 280 depressive patients compared to 496 non-depressive patients who were followed during a 4 year period. The treatment follow-up permits us to present the chronological "history" of the patient's contacts with different services and to establish a classification. One of the interests, for the clinician, consists in specifying the best therapeutical approach possible. A more detailed study should allow us to relate certain patterns with diagnostic subcategories and to determine if the high proportion of short patterns corresponds to the "successful" treatments or to the dropouts.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Analyse des trajectoires de soins d'une cohorte de 280 patients dépressifs. Premiers résultats.