A Letter Intervention in Primary Care Patients to Improve Depression and Anxiety Disorders

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00307697

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : March 28, 2006

Last Update Posted : November 28, 2013

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Beyondblue (The National Depression Initiative)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Bayside Health

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	September 2007
Actual Study Completion Date :	September 2007

Publications:

Asch R, Price J, Hawks G. Psychiatric out-patients' reactions to summary letters of their consultations. Br J Med Psychol. 1991 Mar;64 ( Pt 1):3-9.

Dale, J., Tadros, G., Adams, S., & Deshpande, N. (2004). Do patients really want copies of their GP letters? A questionnaire survey of older adults and their carers. Psychiatric Bulletin, 28, 199 - 200.

Jelley D, van Zwanenberg T, Walker C. Copying letters to patients. Concerns of clinicians and patients need to be addressed first. BMJ. 2002 Dec 7;325(7376):1359.

Marzanski, M., Musunuri, P., & Coupe, T. (2005). Copying letters to patients: A study of patients' views. Psychiatric Bulletin, 29, 56 - 58.

Nandhra, H., Murray, G., Hymas, N., & Hunt, N. (2004). Medical records: Doctors' and patients' experiences of copying letters to patients. Psychiatric Bulletin, 28, 40 - 42.

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