dc.contributor.author | Coupe, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Gask, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Sykes, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Richards, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Chew-Graham, Carolyn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-28T08:44:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Collaborative care (CC) is an organisational framework which facilitates the delivery of a mental health intervention to patients by case managers in collaboration with more senior health professionals (supervisors and GPs), and is effective for the management of depression in primary care. However, there remains limited evidence on how to successfully implement this collaborative approach in UK primary care. This study aimed to explore to what extent CC impacts on professional working relationships, and if CC for depression could be implemented as routine in the primary care setting. Methods: This qualitative study explored perspectives of the 6 case managers (CMs), 5 supervisors (trial research team members) and 15 general practitioners (GPs) from practices participating in a randomised controlled trial of CC for depression. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and data was analysed using a two-step approach using an initial thematic analysis, and a secondary analysis using the Normalisation Process Theory concepts of coherence, cognitive participation, collective action and reflexive monitoring with respect to the implementation of CC in primary care. Results: Supervisors and CMs demonstrated coherence in their understanding of CC, and consequently reported good levels of cognitive participation and collective action regarding delivering and supervising the intervention. GPs interviewed showed limited understanding of the CC framework, and reported limited collaboration with CMs: barriers to collaboration were identified. All participants identified the potential or experienced benefits of a collaborative approach to depression management and were able to discuss ways in which collaboration can be facilitated. Conclusion: Primary care professionals in this study valued the potential for collaboration, but GPs’ understanding of CC and organisational barriers hindered opportunities for communication. Further work is needed to address these organisational barriers in order to facilitate collaboration around individual patients with depression, including shared IT systems, facilitating opportunities for informal discussion and building in formal collaboration into the CC framework. Trial registration: ISRCTN32829227 30/9/2008. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | UK Medical Research
Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Care South West Peninsula | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 15: 78 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2296-15-78 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | G0701013 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14919 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/15/78 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2014 Coupe et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain
Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article,
unless otherwise stated. | en_GB |
dc.title | Facilitating professional liaison in collaborative care for depression in UK primary care; a qualitative study utilising normalisation process theory | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-28T08:44:18Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2296 | |
exeter.article-number | 78 | |
dc.description | This is a freely-available open access publication. Please cite the published version which is available via the DOI link in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Family Practice | en_GB |