Development of a prognostic model for predicting depression severity in adult primary patients with depressive symptoms using the diamond longitudinal study

P Chondros; S Davidson; R Wolfe; G Gilchrist; C Dowrick; F Griffiths; K Hegarty; H Herrman; J Gunn

Journal article

Development of a prognostic model for predicting depression severity in adult primary patients with depressive symptoms using the diamond longitudinal study

P Chondros, S Davidson, R Wolfe, G Gilchrist, C Dowrick, F Griffiths, K Hegarty, H Herrman, J Gunn

Journal of Affective Disorders | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.042

Abstract

Background Depression trajectories among primary care patients are highly variable, making it difficult to identify patients that require intensive treatments or those that are likely to spontaneously remit. Currently, there are no easily implementable tools clinicians can use to stratify patients with depressive symptoms into different treatments according to their likely depression trajectory. We aimed to develop a prognostic tool to predict future depression severity among primary care patients with current depressive symptoms at three months. Methods Patient-reported data from the diamond study, a prospective cohort of 593 primary care patients with depressive symptoms attending 30 Austr..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Patty Chondros Author

Sandra Davidson Author

Kelsey Hegarty Author

Helen Herrman Author

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Awarded by State Government of Victoria

Funding Acknowledgements

The diamond study was initiated with pilot funding from the Victoria Centre of Excellence in Depression, Anxiety and Related Disorders, an initiative between beyondblue and the State Government of Victoria, Australia. The main diamond cohort was supported with project grant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (grant numbers: 299869 (2004), 454463 (2007), 566511 (2009), and 1002908 (2011)). The one year Computer Assisted Telephone Interview was funded by a Stream 3 grant from the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI). Refinement and testing of the diamond Clinical Prediction Tool was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (grant number 1059863 (2014)). Dr Davidson received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship scheme and from a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence Grant during the conduct of the study.