A cluster randomized trial of standard quality improvement versus patient-centered interventions to enhance depression care for African Americans in the primary care setting: study protocol NCT00243425

Table 1 Features of the BRIDGE study patient intervention

Data collected/delivered	Standard intervention	Patient-centered intervention
Needs assessment (five core assessment areas)	X
Patient-centered needs assessment¹ (11 core assessment areas)[41]		X
Education and Activation	X	X
Social support/informal counseling	X	X
Standard education materials	X
Culturally targeted education materials		X
Black mental health alliance resource list		X
Cultural information packet for MH Providers		X

¹More in-depth individualized questioning (using Kleinman's explanatory model approach [41]) about symptoms, functional status, social support, treatment preferences compared to the standard needs assessment. Additional assessment questionswere about literacy and language, spirituality, financial concerns, and clinician relationship.

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