Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Enhanced Integrated Behavioral Health Model Improves Depressive Symptoms in a Low-Income, Uninsured, Primarily Hispanic Population Served by a Free and Charitable Clinic Cover

Enhanced Integrated Behavioral Health Model Improves Depressive Symptoms in a Low-Income, Uninsured, Primarily Hispanic Population Served by a Free and Charitable Clinic

Open Access
|Nov 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Study Flow Diagram.

Figure 2

HOPE IBH Program Logic Model.

Table 1

Availability of Services for Usual and Integrated Care Participants.

HOPE Usual CareHOPE Integrated Care
Coordinated information sharing (e.g. development of care plans, record keeping)
Primary care services
Individual and group behavioral health counseling services
Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) assessments
BHS initial individual counseling and follow-up sessions
Chronic care management visits (with transitional nurse)
Referrals to social and health education services
Coordination of referrals to external social and health education services
Warm hand-offs between services within HOPE
Table 2

Study Participant Characteristics at Baseline by Intervention Group.

Intervention (n = 270)Control (n = 312)p-value
n%n%
Demographics
Sex
      Female19973.722973.40.93
      Male7126.38326.6
Ethnicity
      Hispanic21780.426785.60.09
      Non-Hispanic5319.64514.4
Age, mean (SD)51.2 (10.3)50.6 (10.7)0.51
Employment Status
      Employed20.751.60.34
      Unemployed26899.330798.4
Marital Status
      Married13550.016151.60.70
      Not Married13550.015148.4
Primary Language Spoken
      English2810.44012.80.36
      Spanish24289.627287.2
Health, mean (SD)
      Systolic Blood Pressure133.4 (21.3)134.5 (19.4)0.48
      Diastolic Blood Pressure81.0 (9.6)82.0 (9.2)0.17
      BMI33.9 (7.5)33.6 (6.6)0.85
      PHQ-9 score7.1 (7.1)5.0 (6.3)0.001
      HbA1c8.0 (2.5)7.6 (2.3)0.12
Table 3

Effect of IBH Intervention on Health Outcomes at 12 Months, Intent-to-Treat Analyses.

nIntervention Mean (SD)Control Mean (SD)Intervention – Control Adjusted Mean Difference (SE)p-value
Systolic Blood Pressurea370128.4 (18.3)130.0 (20.3)–2.47 (1.70)0.15
Diastolic Blood Pressureb37078.1 (7.1)79.0 (8.5)–0.93 (0.75)0.22
HbA1cc1468.0 (1.9)7.7 (1.9)–0.11 (0.24)0.67
BMId37034.3 (7.7)33.1 (6.9)0.14 (0.22)0.52
PHQ-9 scoree3704.6 (5.4)5.3 (6.2)–1.67 (0.66)0.01

[i] a adjusted for age, sex, marital status, baseline systolic blood pressure, and baseline PHQ-9 score b adjusted for marital status, baseline diastolic blood pressure, and number of comorbidities at baseline c adjusted for baseline HbA1c level d adjusted for baseline BMI and baseline PHQ-9 score e adjusted for age, primary language, employment status, and baseline PHQ-9 score.

Table 4

Effect of IBH Intervention on Health Outcomes at 12 Months, Per Protocol Analysis.

nIntervention – Control Adjusted Mean Difference (SE)p-value
Systolic Blood Pressurea285–1.11 (1.87)0.55
Diastolic Blood Pressureb285–0.77 (0.76)0.33
HbA1cc102–0.23 (0.28)0.42
BMId281–0.01 (0.23)0.97
PHQ-9 scoree188–1.64 (0.74)0.04

[i] a adjusted for age, marital status, baseline systolic blood pressure, and number of comorbidities at baseline b adjusted for age, baseline diastolic blood pressure, and number of comorbidities at baseline c adjusted for baseline HbA1c level d adjusted for baseline BMI e adjusted for baseline PHQ-9 score.

Table 5

Effect of IBH on PHQ-9 Score at 12 Months, Stratified by Mean Age Group, Intent-to-Treat Analysis.

nIntervention – Control Adjusted Mean Difference (SE)p-value
Participants 51+ Yearsa206–2.08 (0.81)0.01
Participants Under 51 Yearsa164–1.34 (0.88)0.13

[i] a adjusted for baseline PHQ-9 score.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5421 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 30, 2019
|
Accepted on: Jul 1, 2020
|
Published on: Nov 24, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Amy Flynn, Erika Gaitan, Rebecca Stocker, Elizabeth Showalter, Karen Sautter Errichetti, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.