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Psychiatric Care Via Videoconferencing

NCT01901315 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2015-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to compare the effectiveness between face-to-face consultations and consultations via videoconferencing among patients treated in the Institute of Psychiatry (IPq).

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Online consultation

Patients in the online consultation (intervention) group have monthly consultation with their attending psychiatrist through videoconferencing during one year. After each consultation, the medication is sent to the patient through a home delivery program. For reasons of patient safety, consultations at baseline, and after 6 and 12 months will be realized in a face-to-face form at the Institute of Psychiatry (IPq).

PROCEDURE

Face-to-face consultation

Patients in the face-to-face consultation (control) group have monthly face-to-face consultation with their attending psychiatrist during one year at the Institute of Psychiatry (IPq).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wagner F Gattaz, Prof. Dr. · Institute of Psychiatry (IPq)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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