Adapting Psychosocial Intervention Research to Urban Primary Care Environments: A Case Example

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Table 1.

Summary of Attrition and Depression Scores

	Third Trimester			3 Months’ Postpartum
Groups	No. (%)	BDI-II (SD)	Total Functional Support(SD)	No. (%)	BDI-II (SD)	Total Functional Support (SD)
BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition, score.
Intervention	57 (100)	20.5 (6.2)	97.4 (68.5)	32 (58.1)	12.1 (6.4)	84.3 (44.1)
Treatment as usual	44 (100)	22.4 (7.0)	75.7 (46.0)	25 (56.1)	12.6 (7.0)	84.6 (41.4)
Nondepressed comparison	86 (100)	8.4 (3.0)	101.1 (51.3)	59 (67.8)	5.9 (5.3)	93.9 (46.6)

The Article in Brief

Research in primary care doctors� offices can provide important new knowledge that helps meet patients� health care needs; however, it can be challenging to conduct such research. In a study of pregnancy-related depression in community health centers, researchers learned that they must have the flexibility to meet the needs of different people involved in the study (such as patients, medical professionals, and health center administrators) and must be able to adapt to changes within the practice and circumstances that arise in the lives of participating patients.