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Article
Abstract
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (n = 268) at a Federally Qualified Health Center was to evaluate the outcomes of a care management intervention versus an attention control telephone intervention on changes in patient activation, depressive symptoms and self-rated health among a population of high-need, medically complex adults. Both groups had similar, statistically significant improvements in patient activation and self-rated health. Both groups had significant reductions in depressive symptoms over time; however, the group who received the care management intervention had greater reductions in depressive symptoms. Participants in both study groups who had more depressive symptoms had lower activation at baseline and throughout the 12 month study. Findings suggest that patients in the high-need, medically complex population can realize improvements in patient activation, depressive symptoms, and health status perceptions even with a brief telephone intervention. The importance of treating depressive symptoms in patients with complex health conditions is highlighted.
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Publication Info
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 11, 2021, pages 5690-.
APA Citation
Corbett, C. F., Daratha, K. B., McPherson, S., Crystal Lederhos Smith, Wiser, M. J., Vogrig, B. K., Murphy, S. D., Cantu, R., & Dyck, D. G. (2021). Patient Activation, Depressive Symptoms, and Self-Rated Health: Care Management Intervention Effects among High-Need, Medically Complex Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 5690–5690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115690
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).