Comparing Telepsychiatry and In-person Outcomes
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Registration Number
- NCT00292058
- Lead Sponsor
- Lawson Health Research Institute
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 495
Inclusion Criteria
- patients referred by their family physicians for psychiatric consultation
- scores in the dysfunctional range on the Brief Symptom Inventory
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Exclusion Criteria
- patients incapable of consenting to the research
- patients referred for medico-legal or insurance reports
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brief Symptom Inventory Cost of providing the psychiatric services
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of Life Inventory Hospital Utilization Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre
🇨🇦Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada