Comparing Telepsychiatry and In-person Outcomes

September 23, 2019 updated by: Lawson Health Research Institute

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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

Interventional

Enrollment

495

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
        • Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Brief Symptom Inventory
Cost of providing the psychiatric services

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Quality of Life Inventory
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Hospital Utilization

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Lawson Health Research Institute

Collaborators

Ontario Mental Health Foundation
NORTH Network

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Richard L O'Reilly, M.B., Lawson Health Research Institute

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2001

Study Completion

August 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 14, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

February 15, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 25, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 23, 2019

Last Verified

February 1, 2006

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 07911E
  • 7764101
  • R2354A01

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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