TY - JOUR T1 - Adjunctive nurse telehealth care reduced depressive symptoms and improved functioning JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 50 LP - 50 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.2.50 VL - 4 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/2/50.abstract N2 - Hunkeler EM, Meresman JF, Hargreaves WA, et al.Efficacy of nurse telehealth care and peer support in augmenting treatment of depression in primary care.Arch Fam Med2000 Aug;9:700–8OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: In depressed patients, is adjunctive nurse telehealth care more effective in reducing depressive symptoms than usual physician care alone? Does the addition of peer support to nurse telehealth care further improve outcomes? Randomised (unclear allocation concealment), unblinded, controlled trial with 6 months of follow up.Primary care clinics in northern California, USA.302 patients (mean age 55 y, 69% women) who had major depressive disorder or dysthymia and had a prescription for a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Exclusion criteria were previous antidepressant drug prescription in the previous 6 months, inadequate command of English, substance abuse, current suicide risk, or reported thoughts of violence. Follow up was 90% at 6 weeks and 85% at 6 months.Patients were … ER -