Comparing Telepsychiatry and in-Person Outcomes

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Ontario Mental Health Foundation

NORTH Network

Information provided by:

Lawson Health Research Institute

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00292058

First received: February 14, 2006

Last updated: NA

Last verified: February 2006

History: No changes posted

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

February 14, 2006

Last Updated Date

February 14, 2006

Start Date ^ICMJE

August 2001

Primary Completion Date

Not Provided

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Brief Symptom Inventory
Cost of providing the psychiatric services

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

No Changes Posted

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Quality of Life Inventory
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Hospital Utilization

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Comparing Telepsychiatry and in-Person Outcomes

Official Title ^ICMJE

Comparing Patient Outcomes and Cost of Psychiatric Care Provided Through Videoconferencing With Psychiatric Care Provided in-Person.

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.

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Phase

Not Provided

Study Design ^ICMJE

Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment

Condition ^ICMJE

Psychiatric Disorders.

Intervention ^ICMJE

Device: Videoconference equipment (telepsychiatry)

Study Arm (s)

Not Provided

Publications *

Not Provided

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

495

Completion Date

August 2004

Primary Completion Date

Not Provided

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

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

Gender

Both

Ages

18 Years to 65 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Canada

Administrative Information

NCT Number ^ICMJE

NCT00292058

Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

07911E, 7764101, R2354A01

Has Data Monitoring Committee

Not Provided

Responsible Party

Not Provided

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Lawson Health Research Institute

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Ontario Mental Health Foundation
NORTH Network

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Richard L O'Reilly, M.B.

Lawson Health Research Institute

Information Provided By

Lawson Health Research Institute

Verification Date

February 2006

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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