Rationale and Methods of a Trial to Evaluate a Depression Telemonitoring Program that Includes a Patient-Selected Support Person

John D Piette^1,2, Marcia Valenstein^1,3, Daniel Eisenberg⁴, Michael D Fetters⁵, Ananda Sen^5,6, Daniel Saunders⁷, Daphne Watkins⁷ and James E Aikens^5*

¹VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

²Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

³Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

⁴School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

⁵Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

⁶Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

⁷School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, E-mail: aikensj@umich.edu

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. James E Aikens, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 1018 Fuller Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104-121, USA Email: