PMID- 10534844
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19991104
LR  - 20191103
IS  - 1357-633X (Print)
IS  - 1357-633X (Linking)
VI  - 5 Suppl 1
DP  - 1999
TI  - Clinical outcomes in telepsychiatry.
PG  - S59-60
AB  - A retrospective review of patient records comparing clinical outcomes of patients 
      seen by interactive television (IATV) and those seen in person was carried out to 
      determine whether IATV reduced the quality of psychiatric care. A Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score was determined for each patient in both the 
      study and control groups at the initial visit, and at subsequent visits. 
      Forty-nine patients with either major depression or schizoaffective disorder were 
      studied. No significant difference was found in the percentage change in GAF 
      scores between the two groups, which suggests that clinical outcomes were not 
      affected by the use of IATV. Patients seen by IATV had a greater attendance rate 
      and follow-up visits took less than half the time compared with in-person visits, 
      indicating that IATV was an acceptable and efficient method of providing 
      psychiatric services.
FAU - Zaylor, C
AU  - Zaylor C
AD  - Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7341, USA. czaylor@kumc.edu
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Telemed Telecare
JT  - Journal of telemedicine and telecare
JID - 9506702
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mental Disorders/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Patient Compliance
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychotherapy/standards
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Telemedicine/*methods
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 1999/10/27 00:00
MHDA- 1999/10/27 00:01
CRDT- 1999/10/27 00:00
PHST- 1999/10/27 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/10/27 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/10/27 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1258/1357633991932577 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Telemed Telecare. 1999;5 Suppl 1:S59-60. doi: 10.1258/1357633991932577.