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 4 Schedule of variables collected from patients in the BRIDGE study

Measurement/collection method	Enrollment visit	6 months	12 months	18 months
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics	X		X	X
Age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment¹, health insurance¹, financial stress^¶
Attitudes, beliefs, and other behavioral measures	X	X	X	X
Trust in health professionals, preferred role in decision-making, depression treatment preferences, spirituality, respect, perceived involvement in care², racial identity, social support, life events
Health Status	X	X	X	X
Physical and mental, measured by MOS-SF12, CIDI³ &ES-D, psychiatric co-morbidity⁴, disability days
Healthcare Utilization	X	X	X	X
Mental healthcare utilization (receipt of antidepressant medication and/or counseling) General healthcare utilization (emergency room visits and hospitalizations)
Healthcare Process	X	X	X	X
PDM with providers, visit-specific and overall satisfaction, satisfaction with case manager⁵, ratings of depression care management and intervention materials⁶
Audiotapes (patient-provider communication)⁷	X

CIDI = Composite International Diagnostic Interview, Depression Scale, CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, PDM = participatory decision making; ¹measured at 12 and 18 months; ²measured only at 18 months; ³not measured at six months; ⁴Substance abuse, panic attacks, anxiety, and traumatic events; ⁵measured only at six and 12 months; ⁶measured only at 12 months only; ⁷collected at enrollment visit and after primary care provider intervention.

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