Table 1 Patients’ and GPs’/practice characteristics (intervention arms).

From: Depressive primary care patients’ assessment of received collaborative care

  

Pooled sample

PARADIES

PRoMPT

p-value

N = 280

N = 86 (30.7%)

N = 194 (69.3%)

Patient characteristics

 Age, years

Median

51.0 [41.8, 58.0]

47.0 [36.2, 53.0]

53.0 [43.0, 61.8]

0.002

Mean

50.2 ± 13.6

46.3 ± 11.8

52.0 ± 14.0

 < 0.001

 Men

 

71 (25.4%)

23 (26.7%)

48 (24.7%)

0.837

 PHQ-9 Score at T0, points

Median

16.0 [13.0, 19.0]

14.0 [11.0, 17.0]

17.0 [14.0, 19.0]

 < 0.001

Mean

16.3 ± 3.9

14.5 ± 4.2

17.0 ± 3.6

 < 0.001

 PHQ-9 Score at T1, points

Median

11.0 [6.0, 15.0]

9.0 [5.0, 12.0]

12.0 [7.0, 16.0]

 < 0.001

Mean

11.0 ± 5.6

9.0 ± 4.9

11.9 ± 5.6

 < 0.001

 PHQ-9 Score at T2, points

Median

9.0 [6.0, 14.0]

8.0 [4.0, 12.0]

10.0 [6.2, 14.0]

 < 0.001

Mean

9.9 ± 5.8

8.1 ± 5.2

10.7 ± 5.9

 < 0.001

 Change PHQ-9 T2–T0, points

Median

− 6.6 [− 10.0, − 3.0]

− 6.1 [− 9.0, − 2.0]

− 7.0 [− 10.0, − 3.0]

0.636

Mean

− 6.3 ± 5.3

− 6.3 ± 5.3

− 6.3 ± 5.3

0.614

 Depression at T2 (PHQ-9 ≥ 9)

 

148 (52.9%)

32 (37.2%)

116 (59.8%)

0.001

 Potential suicidal ideation at T2

 

83 (29.6%)

16 (18.6%)

67 (34.5%)

0.011

 PACIC, % of maximum at T2

Median

69.1 [54.5, 83.6]

71.8 [43.2, 83.6]

69.1 [56.4, 83.6]

0.519

Mean

67.8 ± 20.0

64.7 ± 25.0

69.2 ± 17.2

0.314

Practice characteristics

     

 Based on n = 242 patients

  Type of practice

0.002

   Single

 

151 (62.4%)

42 (48.8%)

109 (69.9%)

 

   Group

 

91 (37.6%)

44 (51.2%)

47 (30.1%)

 

  Location of practice

 < 0.001

   Urban

 

160 (66.1%)

22 (25.6%)

138 (88.5%)

 

   Rural

 

82 (33.9%)

64 (74.4%)

18 (11.5%)

 

  GP qualified for “basic psychosomatic care”

 

68 (28.1%)

58 (67.4%)

10 (6.4%)

 < 0.001

  Year practice founded#

Median

1997.0 [1987.0, 2001.0]

1999.0 [1993.8, 2006.0]

1989.0 [1985.5, 2000.0]

 < 0.001

  Practice founded after study specific median#

 

130 (53.7%)

50 (58.1%)

80 (51.3%)

0.277

  Age of study physician, years#

Median

49.0 [44.0, 56.0]

51.0 [47.0, 54.5]

49.0 [43.0, 56.0]

0.387

Mean

50.5 ± 7.3

50.9 ± 6.9

50.3 ± 7.5

0.572

  1. Continuous variables are presented as median [1st quartile, 3rd quartile] with p-values from Mann-Whitney U test and mean ± standard deviation with p-values from t-test. Categorical variables are presented as counts and percentages with p-values from Χ2-Test.
  2. #Based on n = 240.