Collaborative Care to Improve Quality of Life for Anxiety and Depression in Posttraumatic Epilepsy (CoCarePTE): Protocol for a Randomized Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

Autor: Heidi M Munger Clary, Beverly M Snively, Christian Cagle, Richard Kennerly, James N Kimball, Halley B Alexander, Gretchen A Brenes, Justin B Moore, Robin A Hurley
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: JMIR Research Protocols, Vol 13, p e59329 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1929-0748
DOI: 10.2196/59329
Popis: BackgroundAnxiety and depression in people with epilepsy are common and associated with poor outcomes; yet, they often go untreated due to poor mental health specialist access. Collaborative care is an integrated care model with a strong evidence base in primary care and medical settings, but it has not been evaluated in neurology clinics. Evaluating implementation outcomes when translating evidence-based interventions to new clinical settings to inform future scaling and incorporation into real-world practice is important. ObjectiveThe Collaborative Care for Posttraumatic Epilepsy (CoCarePTE) trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness (improvement in emotional quality of life) and implementation of a collaborative care intervention for people with anxiety or depressive symptoms and posttraumatic epilepsy. MethodsCoCarePTE is a 2-site, randomized, single-blind, hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial that will randomize 60 adults to receive either neurology-based collaborative care or usual care. Adults receiving neurological care at participating centers with anxiety or depressive symptoms and a history of at least mild traumatic brain injury before epilepsy onset will be enrolled. The collaborative care intervention is a 24-week stepped-care model with video or telephone calls every 2 weeks by a care manager for measurement-based anxiety and depression care, seizure care monitoring, and brief therapy intervention delivery. This is supplemented by antidepressant prescribing recommendations by psychiatrists for neurologists via case conferences and care manager–facilitated team communication. In step 2 of the intervention, individuals with
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