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Telepsychology-Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans

NCT00324701 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 241

Last updated 2015-04-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to see whether therapy for elderly adults with major depression can be delivered effectively using videoconferencing technology ("telepsychology"), which allows a therapist and patient who are not in the same room as one another to communicate. We are interested in learning if this form of mental health service delivery is an acceptable alternative to traditional face-to-face therapy delivered with the therapist in the same room as the patient.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telepsychology

therapy done at patients house

BEHAVIORAL

Face-to-face therapy

therapy delivered at the VAMC

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Leonard E. Egede, MD MS · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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