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Table 1 Recruitment procedure and treatment setting per country

From: European COMPARative Effectiveness research on blended Depression treatment versus treatment-as-usual (E-COMPARED): study protocol for a randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial in eight European countries

Country

Treatment setting

Recruitment procedure

FR

Specialized mental health care

New or regular patients recruited through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) therapists from 11 expert centers throughout France

DE

Primary care

Recruitment in the waiting room of general practices

NL

Specialized mental health care

New patients recruited through mood disorder departments of three outpatient clinics in Amsterdam and Leiden

PL

Primary care

Recruitment through primary mental health care centers and therapists trained at postgraduate CBT programs conducted in five major cities (Warsaw, Sopot, Poznan, Katowice, and Wroclaw)

ESP

Primary care

Recruitment through several primary care centers of patients who report to the GP with depression

SE

Primary care

Recruitment through routine primary care clinics in Stockholm and Linköping

CH

Specialized mental health care

Recruitment through two outpatient clinics (Bern and Zurich) and individual therapists

UK

Primary care

Recruitment through the NHS program “Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)” in the London region. IAPT is a service to increase primary mental health care offering low-intensity treatment to GP-registered adults