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Telephone Care as a Substitute for Routine Psychiatric Medication

NCT00105885 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 324

Last updated 2014-02-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to answer the following questions: (1) Does substituting brief, scheduled, clinician-initiated telephone calls (telephone care) for routine psychiatric medication management visits reduce overall healthcare utilization? (2) Is substituting brief, scheduled, clinician-initiated telephone calls (telephone care) for routine psychiatric medication management visits as effective as routine care?

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

telephone care

Patients randomized to receive telephone care will be scheduled to see their provider at twice the recommended clinical visit interval, and two ten-minute telephone contacts will be scheduled at a specific time at standard 0.67 and 1.3 times the multiple of the recommended interval.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Amy E. Wallace, MD MPH · VA Medical & Regional Office Center, White River

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-11-30
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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