TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Care manager
KW - Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration/standards
KW - Depression
KW - Depressive Disorder/nursing
KW - Female
KW - Focus Groups
KW - Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration/standards
KW - Healthcare professionals
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
KW - Professional Role/psychology
KW - Qualitative Research
KW - Qualitative Study
KW - Sweden
AU - I. Svenningsson
AU - C. Udo
AU - J. Westman
AU - S. Nejati
AU - D. Hange
AU - C. Bjorkelund
AU - E. L. Petersson
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences and perceptions of working as care managers at primary care centers. DESIGN: Qualitative, focus group study. Systematic text condensation was used to analyze the data. SETTING: Primary health care in the region of Vastra Gotaland and region of Dalarna in Sweden. SUBJECTS: Eight nurses were trained during three days including treatment of depression and how to work as care managers. The training was followed by continuous support. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The nurses' experiences and perceptions of working as care managers at primary care centers. RESULTS: The care managers described their role as providing additional support to the already existing care at the primary care center, working in teams with a person-centered focus, where they were given the opportunity to follow, support, and constitute a safety net for patients with depression. Further, they perceived that the care manager increased continuity and accessibility to primary care for patients with depression. CONCLUSION: The nurses perceived that working as care managers enabled them to follow and support patients with depression and to maintain close contact during the illness. The care manager function helped to provide continuity in care which is a main task of primary health care. Key Points The care managers described their role as an additional support to the already existing care at the primary care center. * They emphasized that as care managers, they had a person-centered focus and constituted a safety net for patients with depression. * Their role as care managers enabled them to follow and support patients with depression over time, which made their work more meaningful. * Care managers helped to achieve continuity and accessibility to primary health care for patients with depression.
BT - Scandinavian journal of primary health care
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/02813432.2018.1529018
IS - 4
JF - Scandinavian journal of primary health care
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences and perceptions of working as care managers at primary care centers. DESIGN: Qualitative, focus group study. Systematic text condensation was used to analyze the data. SETTING: Primary health care in the region of Vastra Gotaland and region of Dalarna in Sweden. SUBJECTS: Eight nurses were trained during three days including treatment of depression and how to work as care managers. The training was followed by continuous support. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The nurses' experiences and perceptions of working as care managers at primary care centers. RESULTS: The care managers described their role as providing additional support to the already existing care at the primary care center, working in teams with a person-centered focus, where they were given the opportunity to follow, support, and constitute a safety net for patients with depression. Further, they perceived that the care manager increased continuity and accessibility to primary care for patients with depression. CONCLUSION: The nurses perceived that working as care managers enabled them to follow and support patients with depression and to maintain close contact during the illness. The care manager function helped to provide continuity in care which is a main task of primary health care. Key Points The care managers described their role as an additional support to the already existing care at the primary care center. * They emphasized that as care managers, they had a person-centered focus and constituted a safety net for patients with depression. * Their role as care managers enabled them to follow and support patients with depression over time, which made their work more meaningful. * Care managers helped to achieve continuity and accessibility to primary health care for patients with depression.
PP - United States
PY - 2018
SN - 1502-7724; 0281-3432
SP - 355
EP - 362
EP - 
T1 - Creating a safety net for patients with depression in primary care; a qualitative study of care managers' experiences
T2 - Scandinavian journal of primary health care
TI - Creating a safety net for patients with depression in primary care; a qualitative study of care managers' experiences
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 30314415
U3 - 10.1080/02813432.2018.1529018
VL - 36
VO - 1502-7724; 0281-3432
Y1 - 2018
ER -