Psychiatric Medications Procurement at Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in Tumkur: Insights from an Effectiveness Implementation Hybrid Randomized Controlled Trial on Mental Health Tele-mentoring of Primary Care Doctors (PCDs)
Randomized controlled trial shows increased procurement of psychiatric medications in Tumkur PHCs, suggesting tele-mentoring improves prescribing confidence.
Key Points
The study investigates psychiatric medication procurement at primary health centers in relation to mental health tele-mentoring for primary care doctors.
Secondary analysis from a larger cluster randomized controlled trial
Evaluated Online Mental Health Training compared to training as usual
Examined changes in medication procurement across three phases: pre-training, training and assessment, post-training
Statistically significant increase in procurement of amitriptyline in both training arms
Increased procurement of alprazolam and clonazepam in the OMHT arm
Higher procurement of escitalopram and risperidone in the OMHT arm compared to TAU arm