Comparing Telepsychiatry and In-person Outcomes

Psychiatric Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparing Patient Outcomes and Cost of Psychiatric Care Provided Through Videoconferencing With Psychiatric Care Provided In-person.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00292058
• Other study ID #: 07911E
• Secondary ID: 7764101R2354A01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2001
• Est. completion date: August 2004

Study information

• Verified date: February 2006
• Source: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 495
• Est. completion date: August 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Problem Behavior
• Psychiatric Disorders

Intervention

Device:
• Videoconference equipment (telepsychiatry)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre	Thunder Bay	Ontario

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lawson Health Research Institute	NORTH Network, Ontario Mental Health Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Brief Symptom Inventory
Primary	Cost of providing the psychiatric services
Secondary	Quality of Life Inventory
Secondary	Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Secondary	Hospital Utilization