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Primary Purpose
Psychiatric Disorders
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Videoconference equipment (telepsychiatry)
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Psychiatric Disorders focused on measuring Telepsychiatry, Videoconference, Psychiatric consultation, Equivalence trial
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: patients referred by their family physicians for psychiatric consultation scores in the dysfunctional range on the Brief Symptom Inventory Exclusion Criteria: patients incapable of consenting to the research patients referred for medico-legal or insurance reports
Sites / Locations
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Brief Symptom Inventory
Cost of providing the psychiatric services
Secondary Outcome Measures
Quality of Life Inventory
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Hospital Utilization
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT00292058
First Posted
February 14, 2006
Last Updated
September 23, 2019
Sponsor
Lawson Health Research Institute
Collaborators
Ontario Mental Health Foundation, NORTH Network
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00292058
Brief Title
Comparing Telepsychiatry and In-person Outcomes
Official Title
Comparing Patient Outcomes and Cost of Psychiatric Care Provided Through Videoconferencing With Psychiatric Care Provided In-person.
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
February 2006
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
August 2001 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
Study Completion Date
August 2004 (undefined)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Name of the Sponsor
Lawson Health Research Institute
Collaborators
Ontario Mental Health Foundation, NORTH Network
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Psychiatric consultation and short-term follow-up will produce equivalent clinical outcomes and be less costly when provided via videoconferencing (telepsychiatry) than when provided in-person.
Detailed Description
We predict that patients referred by their family physician for a psychiatric consultation and, if needed, short-term follow-up will have equivalent clinical outcomes when seen via telepsychiatry as compared to those patients seen in-person. We also predicted that telepsychiatry will be cheaper than in-person care.Study Design: a single-centre equivalence trial.We will use a sample size calculation and analytical methods that are specifically tailored for equivalence trials.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Psychiatric Disorders
Keywords
Telepsychiatry, Videoconference, Psychiatric consultation, Equivalence trial
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
495 (false)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
Videoconference equipment (telepsychiatry)
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Brief Symptom Inventory
Title
Cost of providing the psychiatric services
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Quality of Life Inventory
Title
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Title
Hospital Utilization
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
65 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
patients referred by their family physicians for psychiatric consultation
scores in the dysfunctional range on the Brief Symptom Inventory
Exclusion Criteria:
patients incapable of consenting to the research
patients referred for medico-legal or insurance reports
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Richard L O'Reilly, M.B.
Organizational Affiliation
Lawson Health Research Institute
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre
City
Thunder Bay
State/Province
Ontario
Country
Canada
12. IPD Sharing Statement
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