Care Transitions for Patients With Depression

Care Transitions for Medically Ill Patients With Depression

Aim 1: To collect data on a Depression Care Transition (DCT) program's association with self-care behaviors as measured by medication adherence and clinic visit attendance, after discharge. Hypothesis 1: Compared with usual care, patients who receive the DCT intervention will have significantly greater medication adherence and clinic visit attendance, at 30, 90, and 365 days after discharge.

Aim 2: To collect data on DCT's association with clinical/health outcomes as measured by depression severity, functional status, and overall physical and mental health, after discharge. Hypothesis 2: Compared with usual care, patients who receive the DCT intervention will have significantly larger improvements in depression severity, functional status, and overall physical & mental health at 30, 90, and 365 days after discharge.

Aim 3: To collect data on DCT's association with utilization outcomes as measured by readmissions, length of subsequent hospital stays, and cost of care, after discharge. Hypothesis 3: Compared with usual care, patients who receive the DCT intervention will have significantly lower hospital readmissions, shortened length of subsequent hospital stays and lower cost of care, at 30, 90, and 365 days of discharge.

Leading the research team are a psychiatrist (Dr. IsHak - PI) and a hospitalist (Dr. Nuckols - Co-I) with an advanced and well-established track record of health services research/scholarship in the fields of depression, outcome measurement, and economic implications of improving the quality and safety of health care.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Depression
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Depression Care Transitions (DCT)

Detailed Description

This study will contribute to advancing the science of continuity of care delivery for depressed medical inpatients by collecting data on the impact of a modified evidence-based care transition model on clinical/health and utilization outcomes of depression in medically ill inpatients. The study could generate evidence to support the inpatient application of the USPSTF guidelines for screening adults for depression through staff-assisted depression care systems including follow-up and continuity of care. This study will add to the existing outpatient evidence for identification and treatment of depression in improving outcomes (Simon et al., 2001;O'Connor et al., 2013), the crucial aspect of inpatient evidence for depression identification, treatment, and continuity of care/care transitions in improving clinical/health and utilization outcomes.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants older than the age of 18, admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, English speaking, and answers "yes" to either question on the PHQ-2 instrument.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants under the age of 18, non-English speaking, and does not answer "yes" to either question on the PHQ-2 instrument.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment Group; Patients in the Depression Care Transitions intervention will have a Transitional Care Social Worker who will maintain daily phone contact, home visits, and will attend with the patient medical and psychiatric appointments for an average of three months following discharge. Patients in the usual care group will proceed as usual (scheduled follow-up visits). These subjects will also be asked to complete questionnaires relating to quality of life and physical and mental health status.	Behavioral: Depression Care Transitions (DCT); DCT Intervention group - Patients in the DCT intervention will have a Transitional Care Social Worker (TCSW) who will maintain daily phone contact, home visits, and will attend with the patient medical and psychiatric appointments for an average of three months following discharge. Patients in the usual care group will proceed as usual (scheduled follow-up visits). These subjects will also be asked to complete questionnaires relating to quality of life and physical and mental health status.
No Intervention: Control Group - Standard of Care; To be followed per standard of care and data from their medical records will be reviewed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Transitional Care	Patients in the DCT intervention will have a Transitional Care Social Worker (TCSW) who will maintain daily phone contact, home visits, and will attend with the patient medical and psychiatric appointments for an average of three months following discharge. Patients in the usual care group will proceed as usual (scheduled follow-up visits). These subjects will also be asked to complete questionnaires relating to quality of life and physical and mental health status.	365 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Depression Surveys	All patients who are admitted to CSMC are screened for depression using the PHQ instrument (Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001). Patients are asked two questions about frequent occurrence of cardinal depressive symptoms - sadness and anhedonia - and provide yes/no answers to the intake nurse (PHQ-2). If patients answer, "yes" to either question, they are administered the complete PHQ-9 instrument. Per the CSMC depression screening protocol, if patients score >12 on the PHQ-9, a social worker evaluation, and notification of the admitting physician and psychiatry, will take place. The subjects will be identified through the psychiatrist who will discuss the risks and benefits of study participation, and assess the patient's interest in the study.	365 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Waguih IsHak, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 14, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): February 17, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 30, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 27, 2019
• Last Verified: July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; Depression; Depressive Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00045116

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No