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Anxiety, Depression and Somatoform disorders are highly prevalent in primary care. Very often these conditions remain undiscovered and/or untreated.

In order to ease this urgent health care problem in the future, the investigators conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial, implementing a tandem working cooperation between a nurse practitioner (Counseling Assistant - CA) and a general practitioner (GP) on-site its own practise.

The CA's task is to enhance the patients abilities to engage in a better self-management of their psychological symptoms and complaints, to enhance self-efficacy and empower the patients to tackle problems of daily living.


Clinical Trial Description

Anxiety, Depression and Somatoform disorders are highly prevalent in primary care. Very often these conditions remain undiscovered and/or untreated. Managing it is time-consuming and communication-intensive. Furthermore, the management is restraint by the high contact-frequencies in primary care practices in Germany.

In order to ease this urgent health care problem in the future, the investigators conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial, implementing a tandem working cooperation between a nurse practitioner (Counseling Assistant - CA) and a general practitioner (GP) on-site its own practise.

The CA's task is to enhance the patients abilities to engage in a better self-management of their psychological symptoms and complaints, to enhance self-efficacy and empower the patients to tackle problems of daily living. ;


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NCT number NCT01726387
Study type Interventional
Source Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date March 2013
Completion date September 2015

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