title: Management of major depression in outpatients attending a cancer centre: a preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent cancer nurse-delivered intervention.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: House
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cull
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents