Integrated Care: High-Impact Mental Health–Primary Care Research for Patients With Multiple Comorbidities

Background. Telephone interviewing has economic and logistical advantages but has not been widely used in the UK. Most studies comparing face-to-face and telephone psychiatric assessment have been carried out in the US, often restricted to a population with known psychiatric disorder and involving comparisons between two separate sample groups rather than repeat interviews with the same group. The aim of the present study was to compare face-to-face and telephone administration of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule in a UK general practice sample.Method. Ninety-eight consecutive attenders at two general practices were assessed twice within 48 h. The order of face-to-face and telephone interviews was alternated.Results. There was no evidence that the mode of administration led to a bias in scores on the CIS-R. For the GHQ, those aged over 60 tended to score higher on the telephone. There was good agreement between face-to-face and telephone scores for both GHQ and CIS-R and good agreement for case definition. Participants had a strong preference for face-to-face interviews.Conclusions. Telephone assessment of mental health using the GHQ and CIS-R is a reasonable method to be used in primary care research in the UK with the limitation that telephone responses from older people might be different from face-to-face assessments for the GHQ. However, telephone interviewing appeared less acceptable and should probably be used in the context of established or ongoing personal contact between researcher and subject.

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Harm reduction among at-risk elderly drinkers: a site-specific analysis from the multi-site Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for Elderly (PRISM-E) study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ◽

10.1002/gps.2073 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 54-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Heather Sophia Lee ◽

Amy A. Mericle ◽

Liat Ayalon ◽

Patricia A. Areán

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Primary Care ◽

At Risk ◽

Substance Abuse ◽

Harm Reduction ◽

Site Specific ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Care Research ◽

Specific Analysis ◽

A Site

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Primary Care Research: Primary care providers miss opportunities during office visits for adult preventive care

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556272006-013 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Preventive Care ◽

Primary Care Providers ◽

Care Providers ◽

Office Visits ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Care Research

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African Primary Care Research: Performing a programme evaluation

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.634 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lilian Dudley

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Programme Evaluation ◽

Primary Care Research ◽

Qualitative Interviewing ◽

Care Research ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Different Types ◽

African Context

This article is part of a series on Primary Care Research in the African context and focuses on programme evaluation. Different types of programme evaluation are outlined: developmental, process, outcome and impact. Eight steps to follow in designing your programme evaluation are then described in some detail: engage stakeholders; establish what is known; describe the programme; define the evaluation and select a study design; define the indicators; planand manage data collection and analysis; make judgements and recommendations; and disseminate the findings. Other articles in the series cover related topics such as writing your research proposal, performing a literature review, conducting surveys with questionnaires, qualitative interviewing and approaches to quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

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