Systematic Use of Telepsychiatry for Outpatients

Psychiatric Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder; Ptsd; Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder

Treatments: Other: Case management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05516238

REG-003-2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Implementation and evaluation of video consultation in psychiatric outpatient treatment. The study will focus on patients' experiences regarding the use of VC. The study will also examine important aspects of the telepsychiatric consultation such as therapeutic alliance, consultation content, psychopathology and satisfaction levels compared to face-to-face consultations.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age > 18 years
• Danish-speaking.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria included a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or suffering from substance abuse.
• Additionally, Participants in the VC group were excluded if they did not have a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or personal computer with a webcam.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Video group

Experimental group

Description:

Case management through video format

Treatment:

Other: Case management

In-person

Active Comparator group

Description:

Case management through in person format

Treatment:

Other: Case management