Table 3.
Benchmarking of practice nurse data against published randomised trial data
| Unutzer et al, 200220,a | Hunkeler et al, 200021,b | Katon et al, 200413,a | Dietrich et al, 200422,a | Richards et al, 200814,c | PN datac intervention | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 906) | Tau (n = 895) | Intervention (n = 179) | Tau (n = 123) | Intervention (n = 164) | Tau (n = 165) | Intervention (n = 224) | Cluster control tau (n = 181) | Intervention (n = 41) | Cluster control tau (n = 35) | |||
| Pre | 1.67 (0.61) | 1.68 (0.61) | 16.6 (6.2) | 17.4 (6.6) | 1.7 (0.51) | 1.6 (0.45) | 2.04 (0.66) | 1.98 (0.65) | 17.51 (4.9) | 18.17 (5.56) | 16.83 (4.88) | |
| Post | 0.93 (0.67) | 1.21 (0.72) | 8.12 (na) | 10.38 (na) | 1.14 (na) | 1.21 (na) | 0.97 (0.80) | 1.09 (0.74) | 8.80 (7.02) | 13.82 (8.37) | 7.76 (6.56) | |
| Pre–post effect size | 1.21 | 0.77 | 1.37 | 1.06 | 1.1 | 0.87 | 1.62 | 1.36 | 1.77 | 0.78 | 1.86 | (1.62d) |
Numbers in parentheses are SD.
aSCL20 depression symptom level assessment
bHamilton Rating Scale for Depression symptom level assessment
cPatient Health Questionnaire depression symptom level assessment
dPre–post effect size based upon lower estimate of change from 95% CI