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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical University of South Carolina University of Maryland |
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Information provided by: | Department of Veterans Affairs |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00324701 |
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.
Condition | Intervention |
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Depression Aged |
Behavioral: Telepsychology Behavioral: Face-to-face therapy |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Telepsychology-Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans |
Estimated Enrollment: | 224 |
Study Start Date: | September 2006 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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1 |
Behavioral: Telepsychology
therapy done at patients house
Behavioral: Face-to-face therapy
therapy delivered at the VAMC
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ABSTRACT
Telepsychology: Service Delivery for Depressed Elderly Veterans
Ages Eligible for Study: | 60 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
However, in order to maximize generalization of results, presence of other forms of psychopathology will not be a basis for exclusion. All of these structured interviews will be audiotaped in order to calculate inter-rater reliability on a randomly selected 20%. (See Human Subjects for procedures in place for suicidal participants or potential participants).
Contact: Sarah A Jackson, BA MA | (843) 789-7587 | sarah.jackson@va.gov |
Contact: Aaron D Victor, AAS BAS | (843) 789-6624 | aaron.victor@va.gov |
United States, South Carolina | |
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston | Recruiting |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5799 | |
Contact: Leonard E Egede, MD MS (843) 789-6670 egedel@musc.edu | |
Contact: Sarah A Jackson, BA MA (843) 789-7587 sarah.jackson@va.gov | |
Principal Investigator: Leonard E. Egede, MD MS | |
Sub-Investigator: Bartley Christopher Frueh, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Patrick D Mauldin, BS MA PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Rebecca Grant Knapp, BS MS PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Ronald E. Acierno, BA MS PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Leonard E. Egede, MD MS | Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston |
Responsible Party: | Department of Veterans Affairs ( Egede, Leonard - Principal Investigator ) |
Study ID Numbers: | IIR 04-421, HR16402 |
Study First Received: | May 9, 2006 |
Last Updated: | October 8, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00324701 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Mental Health Geriatric Medicine Depression Health Service Delivery Aged |
Depression Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Depressive Disorder Behavioral Symptoms |