Experiences and barriers to implementation of clinical practice guideline for depression in Korea

BMC Psychiatry

Jeonghoon Ahn³  Sun-Young Park¹  Min-Jeong Kim³  Chi-Un Pae²  Ho-Kyoung Yoon⁴  Changsu Han⁵  Jaewon Yang⁴ 

[1] School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Bucheon, Kyounggi-Do, South Korea;National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 516, Gojan-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do 425-707, South Korea

关键词: Questionnaires;    Health care surveys;    Practice guidelines;    Depressive disorder;   

Others  :  1124043
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-150

 received in 2012-10-08, accepted in 2013-05-16,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Clinical guidelines can improve health-care delivery, but there are a number of challenges in adopting and implementing the current practice guidelines for depression. The aim of this study was to determine clinical experiences and perceived barriers to the implementation of these guidelines in psychiatric care.

Methods

A web-based survey was conducted with 386 psychiatric specialists to inquire about experiences and attitudes related to the depression guidelines and barriers influencing the use of the guidelines. Quantitative data were analyzed, and qualitative data were transcribed and coded manually.

Results

Almost three quarters of the psychiatrists (74.6%) were aware of the clinical guidelines for depression, and over half of participants (55.7%) had had clinical experiences with the guidelines in practice. The main reported advantages of the guidelines were that they helped in clinical decision making and provided informative resources for the patients and their caregivers. Despite this, some psychiatrists were making treatment decisions that were not in accordance with the depression guidelines. Lack of knowledge was the main obstacle to the implementation of guidelines assessed by the psychiatrists. Other complaints addressed difficulties in accessing the guidelines, lack of support for mental health services, and general attitudes toward guideline necessity. Overall, the responses suggested that adding a summary booklet, providing teaching sessions, and improving guidance delivery systems could be effective tools for increasing depression guideline usage.

Conclusion

Individual barriers, such as lack of awareness and lack of familiarity, and external barriers, such as the supplying system, can affect whether physicians’ implement the guidelines for the treatment of depression in Korea. These findings suggest that further medical education to disseminate guidelines contents could improve public health for depression.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Yang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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