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Table 4 GPs indications regarding measures taken by GPs if aware of depressive symptomatology (P(+/+); N = 201)

From: General practitioners’ awareness of depressive symptomatology is not associated with quality of life in heart failure patients – cross-sectional results of the observational RECODE-HF Study

 

GP measures if aware of depressive symptomatology P(+/+)

Measures

GP judgement: depressive symptoms

GP judgement: depressive disorder

Total

Pharmacotherapy

23 (33.3%)

100 (75.8%)

123 (61.2%)

Consultation/Counselling by GP

30 (43.5%)

34 (25.8%)

64 (31.8%)

Referral to specialists

7 (10.1%)

56 (42.4%)

63 (31.3%)

 Psychotherapist

5 (7.2%)

28 (21.2%)

33 (16.4%)

 Neurologist

1 (1.4%)

18 (13.6%)

19 (9.5%)

 Psychiatrist

1 (1.4%)

18 (13.6%)

19 (9.5%)

 Other specialist

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.5%)

Inpatient treatment

0 (0%)

6 (4.5%)

6 (3.0%)

Counselling by others than GP (eg, counselling centre)

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.5%)

Other

5 (7.2%)

6 (4.5%)

11 (5.5%)

 Pain therapy

2 (2.9%)

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.5%)

 Physiotherapy/Rehabilitation

1 (1.4%)

2 (1.5%)

3 (1.5%)

 Psychosomatic care

1 (1.4%)

1 (0.8%)

2 (1.0%)

 Patient rejects treatment

0 (0%)

2 (1.5%)

2 (1.0%)

 Active watchful waiting

2 (2.9%)

0 (0%)

2 (1.0%)

No treatment initiated

14 (20.3%)

7 (5.3%)

21 (10.4%)

N

69 (100%)

132 (100%)

201 (100%)

  1. Absolute and relative frequencies were given