Management of major depression in outpatients attending a cancer centre: a preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent cancer nurse-delivered intervention.
A novel nurse-delivered multicomponent intervention for major depressive disorder (MDD) in cancer outpatients was compared with usual care alone in a nonrandomised matched group design (n=30 per group). At the final 6-month outcome, 38.5% (95% CI, 5.4-57%) fewer patients in the intervention group still met the criteria for MDD.
Sharpe
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Division of Psychiatry, School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, UK. michael.sharpe@ed.ac.uk
Strong
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Allen
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Rush
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Maguire
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House
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Ramirez
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Cull
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D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000928:Antidepressive Agents