Survey Questions
| Survey Instrument | Questions |
|---|---|
| Shared Decision Making Process Scale | How much did you and the health care provider discuss with you the reasons to [continue taking/take] antidepressant medication? |
| o A lot | |
| o Some | |
| o A little | |
| o Not at all | |
| Shared Decision Making Process Scale | How much did you and the health care provider discuss with you the reasons not to [continue taking/take] antidepressant medication? |
| o A lot | |
| o Some | |
| o A little | |
| o Not at all | |
| Shared Decision Making Process Scale | Did the health care provider explain there were choices in what you could do to treat your depression? |
| o Yes | |
| o No | |
| Shared Decision Making Process Scale | Did the health care provider ask you whether or not you wanted to [continue taking/take] antidepressant medication at the time? |
| o Yes | |
| o No | |
| Knowledge | Out of 100 people who have been told they have mild to moderate depression and who do not do anything to treat it, about how many will feel better within a year? |
| Range 0–100 | |
| Correct answer39: Between 25 to 49 | |
| Knowledge | If a person starts feeling better after taking antidepressant medicine, when should he or she talk with the doctor about stopping the medicine? |
| o As soon as the person feels better | |
| o 6 to 12 months after feeling better | |
| o A person should never stop taking the medication | |
| Correct answer10,40: 6 to 12 months after feeling better | |
| Knowledge | For most people who have been told they have mild to moderate depression, which treatment is more effective? |
| o Antidepressant medication | |
| o Depression counseling or therapy | |
| o There is little or no difference | |
| Correct answer10,40,41: There is little or no difference | |
| Knowledge | For most people who have been told they have severe depression, which treatment is more effective? |
| o Antidepressant medication | |
| o Depression counseling or therapy | |
| o A combination of medication and counseling or therapy | |
| Correct answer 10,42,43: A combination of medication and counseling or therapy | |
| Knowledge | How long does a person usually need to get depression counseling to reduce symptoms of depression? |
| o Less than 6 months | |
| o 6 to 12 months | |
| o 1 to 2 years | |
| o More than 2 years | |
| Correct answer:40,44 Less than 6 months | |
| Who made the decision? | Who made the final decision whether or not to [take/continue taking] antidepressant medicine? |
| o Mainly my decision | |
| o Mainly the health care [providers'/provider's] decision | |
| o We made the decision together | |
| Make the same decision again? | If you knew then what you know now, do you think you would make the same decision about antidepressant medicine? |
| o Definitely yes | |
| o Probably yes | |
| o Probably no | |
| o Definitely no |