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Table 3 Outcome measures

From: Effectiveness of a psychoeducation group intervention conducted by primary healthcare nurses in patients with depression and physical comorbidity: study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

Outcome measures

Timeline

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

3 mo

12 mo

1. Socio-demographic variables

Sex, age, marital status, educational level, employment status, reference PHC

X

  

2. Diagnostic variables

 Diagnosis depression: MINI

X

  

 Diagnosis chronic physical illness: ICD-10

X

  

 Suicide risk: MINI

X

  

 Cognitive impairment: Pfeiffer questionnaire

X

  

3. Clinical variables

 Depressive symptoms: BDI- II questionnaire

X

X

X

 Anxiety symptoms: HARS questionnaire

X

X

X

 Quality of life: EQ-5D-5 L questionnaire

X

X

X

 Pharmacotherapy

X

X

X

 Therapeutic compliance: Morinsky-Green test

X

X

X

 Feasibility of the intervention

X

X

 

4. Blood test and Physical parameters

 Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Analytical HBA1C

X

 

X

 COPD: FEV1 and Medical Research Coincil (mMRC)

X

 

X

 Asthma: Spirometry and Peak flow

X

 

X

 Ischemic heart disease: Analytical cholesterol LDL and Blood pressure

X

 

X

5. Costs variables

 Pharmacological Treatment

X

X

X

 Utilization of services: PHC and hospital

X

X

X

 Other comorbidities

X

 

X

 Costs derived from the intervention

X

X

X

  1. Abbreviations: mo months, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory secondary edition, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, EQ EuroQuol, FEV1 Forced expiratory volume, HARS Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, HBA1C Hemoglobin A1C test, ICS-10 International classification of diseases-10th revision, MINI Mini international neuropsychiatric interview, PHC Primary Healthcare Centers