National survey on health care provision for depression in primary care: A nested intervention study

National survey on health care provision for depression in primary care: A nested intervention study - VERA/NILS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005666

Enrollment

12000

Registered

2014-02-11

Start date

2014-03-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

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Interventions

Group 1: Random selection of 46 general practitioners of the VERA project and allocation to low-threshold supportive guideline-oriented interventions to improve S3 guideline adherence: evaluation of e

Study materials are : Desktop-Guidelines for diagnoses, differential diagnoses, therapy algorithms, access to web-based psychiatrist consultation, depression case documentation protocols (DeMol), depr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The patient sample consists of all patients at a reference day (or two half-days) consulting their primary care doctor for a visit.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: age < 18 years, no consultation (i.e. retrieve prescription only), physical or mental condition undermines processing of questionnaires (i.e. dementia, emergency case, severe pain), questionnaires can only be processed with help from others (i.e. sensory/motor deficits, no glasses), lack of informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
(1a)Adherence towards S3 guidline: based on indicators related to S3-guidline key points, i.e., type/frequency/duration of medical and non-medical treatments; education, shared decision-making, duration/frequency of monitoring, referral to specialized care if appropriate (1b) Diagnosis: clinical diagnoses at reference day (clinical judgement; validity of diagnoses and severity), depressive symptoms / depressive disorder based on self-reports using international established and evaluated measurements (DSQ, PHQ)	—

Measure

Time frame

(1a)Adherence towards S3 guidline: based on indicators related to S3-guidline key points, i.e., type/frequency/duration of medical and non-medical treatments; education, shared decision-making, duration/frequency of monitoring, referral to specialized care if appropriate (1b) Diagnosis: clinical diagnoses at reference day (clinical judgement; validity of diagnoses and severity), depressive symptoms / depressive disorder based on self-reports using international established and evaluated measurements (DSQ, PHQ)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(1) course of depressive symptoms: see primary endpoints, (2) S3 guideline adherence during follow-up period (see primary endpoints), improvement of S3 guided health care provision due to intervention (medium effect), (3) cost-benefit ratio of S3 guided health care provision: health care utilization and costs, determination of incremental cost-effectiveness-relation of guideline-oriented health care provision.	—

Measure

Time frame

(1) course of depressive symptoms: see primary endpoints, (2) S3 guideline adherence during follow-up period (see primary endpoints), improvement of S3 guided health care provision due to intervention (medium effect), (3) cost-benefit ratio of S3 guided health care provision: health care utilization and costs, determination of incremental cost-effectiveness-relation of guideline-oriented health care provision.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactGesine Wieder

Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden

vera@psychologie.tu-dresden.de0351 463 38757

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 5, 2026