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 |