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CompletedNCT00274365Updated Jan 29, 2009

Consultations in Psychiatry Through Videoconference

An interventional study of videoconference in Remote Consultation [L01.178.847.652.550], sponsored by Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-01-29.

Sponsored by Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Online consulatations through videoconference in the field of psychiatry given to general practitioners will reduce costs of medical treatment and improve service.

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CLINICAL STATE, SATISFACTION AND COST EFFECTIVENESS WILL BE CHECKED DURING 1 YEAR OF ONLINE VIDEO CONFERENCE CONSULTATION TO GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. BPRS, HAMILTON ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND CGI SCALES WILL BE COMPLETED.COSTS OF MEDICATIONS, NUMBER OF VISITS, LAB AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS, HOSPITALIZATIONS, MISSING WORKING DAYS WILL BE EVALUATED.

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Conditions studied

  • Remote Consultation [L01.178.847.652.550]

Keywords

  • general practitioners, psychiatry, videoconference
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In context

Lead sponsor

Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Referral by general practitioner Age: >18 - Speaking Hebrew or Russion

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

CGI>4 Dementia Drug or alcohol addiction -

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
250 participants

Interventions

  • Procedurevideoconference
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Expenditures on medications

  2. No. of visits

  3. Loss of work days

  4. Expenditure on lab tests

  5. Satisfaction

  6. CGI

  7. Hamilton

  8. Somatisation

  9. GHQ11

  10. Q-LES-Q-18

  11. No. of consultations

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Study locations

1 site
  • Regional clinic of General Health Services
    Hadera, Israel
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 29, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00274365
Lead sponsor
Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center
Collaborators
Galil Center for Telemedicine and Medical Informatics
First posted
Jan 10, 2006
Start date
Nov 2005
Completion
Feb 2007
Last update
Jan 29, 2009

Study contacts

Ilan Modai, MD, MHA
study director · Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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