NCT00292058

Comparing Telepsychiatry and In-person Outcomes

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 495 (planned)
• Sponsor: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Psychiatric Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Videoconference equipment (telepsychiatry)

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-08-01
• Completion: 2004-08-01
• First posted: 2006-02-15
• Last updated: 2019-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada