Study characteristics.
| Study | Country | Healthcare professionals | Data collection method | Quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakhus, et al (2014)35 | Norway | GPs, nurses (primary and secondary health care), psychiatrists, researchers (n= 26 total) | Interviews | Not very good |
| Apesoa-Varano, et al (2010)28 | US | Primary care physicians (n= 9), depression care managers (n= 9 nurses, n= 2 psychologists) | Interviews | Very good |
| Bao, et al (2014)30 | US | Nurses (n= 9), nurse supervisors (n= 5), clinical/medical directors (n= 6) | Interviews | Good |
| Bao, et al (2015)29 | US | Nurses (n= 9), nurse supervisors (n= 5), clinical/medical directors (n= 6) | Interviews | Not very good |
| Burroughs, et al (2006)19 | UK | GPs (n= 9), practice nurses (n= 3), district nurses (n= 2), community nurses (n= 3) | Interviews | Very good |
| Dickinson, et al (2010)31 | UK | GPs (n= 10) | Interviews | Good |
| Gordon (2013)32 | UK | GPs (n= 14) | Interviews | Very good |
| Hassall and Gill (2008)33 | Australia | Care staff (n= 17), including directors of nursing, clinical nurse consultants, registered nurses, respite coordinators, and social workers | Interviews | Good |
| Iden, et al (2011)43 | Norway | Full- and part-time nursing home doctors (n= 16), registered nurses (n= 8) | Three focus groups | Good |
| Liebel and Powers (2015)34 | US | Home healthcare nurses (n= 16) | Individual interviews and two focus groups | Very good |
| Liebel, et al (2015)47 | US | Home healthcare nurses (n= 4) | Observation of 25 home visits, with moderate participation | Very good |
| Lin (2005)36 | US | Psychiatric home care nurses (n= 9), team director (n= 1) | Interviews | Not very good |
| Lu and Hsieh (2013)37 | Taiwan | Public health nurses (n= 12), home care nurses (n= 5), long-term care nurses (n= 2), social workers (n= 5), dietitian (n= 1) | Interviews | Very good |
| McCabe, et al (2009)38 | Australia | Professional care assistants from different aged settings (n= 21), registered nurses (n= 2), trainee nurses (n= 2), GPs (n= 10), senior aged care managers (n= 7) | Interviews | Not very good |
| Murray, et al (2006)18 | UK | GPs (n= 18), practice nurses (n= 7), practice counsellors (n= 5) | Interviews | Very good |
| Patel and Prince (2001)44 | India | Primary health centre doctors (n= 3), multipurpose health workers (n= 17) | Three focus groups, including a vignette on depression | Not very good |
| Pusey (2009)39 | UK | District nurses (n= 11) | Three focus groups, one individual interview | Very good |
| Saarela and Engeström (2003)45 | Finland | Primary care physicians (n= 25), psychiatrists (n= 11) | Seven focus groups and individual management plans, using two vignettes | Not very good |
| Stanners, et al (2012)40 | Australia | GPs (n= 8) | Interviews | Very good |
| Strachan, et al (2015)41 | UK | GPs (n= 9) | Three group interviews | Good |
| Sussman, et al (2011)49 | Canada | Family physicians (n= 3), psychiatrists (n= 2), nurse practitioners (n= 3), social workers (n= 3), decision makers (n= 1) | Small group discussions, with nominal group technique ranking of proposed solutions | Good |
| Tai-Seale, et al (2007)48 | US | Physicians (n= 35) | Observations of 385 videotaped consultations between physicians and older people | Not very good |
| Todman, et al (2011)50 | UK | GPs (n= 119) | Mixed methods questionnaire survey including an open qualitative question | Not very good |
| Timson (2013)51 | UK | Referring agents (GPs, n= 4), referred-to psychologists (n= 4), wider members of case groups (n= 13, including older adults, family member, community psychiatric nurse, and, sometimes, a psychiatrist) | Multiple case study of four older adults with depression and professionals around them | Good |
| Waterworth, et al (2015)42 | NZ | Primary health care nurses, district nurses, heart failure nurses (n not reported) | Interviews | Not very good |
| White, et al (2017)46 | Australia | HCPs from acute settings (n= 7), sub-acute (geriatric assessment and rehabilitation, n= 20) and community care (n= 27), including medical officers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, neuropsychologists, registered nurses, podiatrists, speech pathologists, and music therapists | Eleven focus groups | Very good |
| Wittink, et al (2011)27 | US | Internists (internal medicine physicians, with focus on adult medicine, n= 9), family doctors (n= 4), geriatric medicine physicians (n= 2) | Interviews | Very good |
HCP = healthcare professional. NZ = New Zealand.