Primary care physician satisfaction with patients diagnosed with depression: International Depression Project results from Colombia.

Objective: To characterize physician satisfaction with doctor-patient encounters, distinguishing between those involving patients diagnosed with depression and those involving patients without depression, as well as to determine the impact of an educational intervention aimed at improving the recognition and management of depression in primary care practice, in Bogotá, Columbia.

Method: Physician satisfaction when treating outpatients in primary care centers was assesed by means of a questionnaire applied before and after the intervention.

Results: The intervention was given to 18 physicians and 5 nurses.