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Registration number
ACTRN12612000462886
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
18/04/2012
Date registered
26/04/2012
Date last updated
15/05/2012
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Interactive voice response (IVR) – an automated follow-up technique for adolescents discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care. A randomised controlled trial.
Scientific title
Among adolescents discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care Interactive voice response is a feasible follow-up technique.
Secondary ID [1] 280305 0
Nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1129-9082
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
To study if IVR is a feasible method of collecting self-reported data on current mood 286264 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 286485 286485 0 0
Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Sixty inpatients were recruited from a child and adolescent psychiatric emergency ward in Malmo, Sweden. Patients were either called every second (N = 30) or every fourth (N = 30) day from the first day after discharge until their first visit in outpatient care. At each call, a pre-recorded voice asked them to evaluate their current mood using the keys on their mobile phones. The patients were also asked to respond to whether they had been to an outpatient care consultation since the last time they were contacted by the IVR system. Patients answering that they had not visited an outpatient care unit were called again according to schedule, while patients answering that they had been to an outpatient care consultation after discharge were not called again. At the end of each call, patients were informed to talk to someone trusted or to contact the emergency unit if experiencing accentuated symptoms. Each call, depending on answers given, lasted for 3-5 minutes. At the last call, which occurred 31 days after discharge, or after the first outpatient care visit, the participant was informed that no additional calls were to be made from the IVR system.
Intervention code [1] 284655 0
Not applicable
Comparator / control treatment
Patients were either called every second (N = 30) or every fourth (N = 30) day from the first day after discharge until their first visit in outpatient care. The every forth day call group was deemed the control intervention.
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 286987 0
Response rate. The computer registered the answering frequences. No other equipment or tests were used.
Timepoint [1] 286987 0
30 days
Secondary outcome [1] 297151 0
Mood. Patients rated their mood on a 10-point scale using the keys on their mobile phones where 0 indicated worst possible mood and 9 mood as good as possible.
No other equipment or tests were used.
Timepoint [1] 297151 0
30 days

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
*Consecutive adolescents, treated between December 2008 and November 2009 at the Department of Child & Adolescent psychiatry in Malmo, Sweden, who were discharged to outpatient treatment
* Holder of a mobile phone
* Having parents' acceptance of participation
Minimum age
13 Years
Maximum age
17 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Mental retardation
* Non-Swedish speaking
* Not dischargable to outpatient care
* First visit in outpatient care on the day of discharge or the day after
* Deviant registration
* Treatment less than 24 hours

Study design
Purpose
Screening
Duration
Cross-sectional
Selection
Defined population
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/12/2008
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
60
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 4250 0
Sweden
State/province [1] 4250 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 285128 0
Other
Name [1] 285128 0
Skane county council's research and development foundation
Country [1] 285128 0
Sweden
Primary sponsor type
University
Name
Lund University
Address
Clinical Health Promotion Centre
(former Clinical Alcohol Research)
Skane University Hospital
SE 205 02 Malmo
Country
Sweden
Secondary sponsor category [1] 283991 0
Hospital
Name [1] 283991 0
Skane University Hospital
Address [1] 283991 0
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatry Skane
SE 205 02 Malmo
Country [1] 283991 0
Sweden

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 287145 0
Regional Ethical Review Board
Ethics committee address [1] 287145 0
Box 133
SE 221 00 Lund
Ethics committee country [1] 287145 0
Sweden
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 287145 0
Approval date [1] 287145 0
23/10/2007
Ethics approval number [1] 287145 0
H15 460/2007

Summary
Brief summary
It is important to develop new follow-up methods easy for young people to handle. Previous studies indicate that Interactive Voice Response (IVR) could be a new promising technique to follow up adolescents with psychiatric syndromes. IVR is an automated telephone system in which a central computer is programmed to administer incoming calls or to dial designated phone numbers. Subjects respond to questions by pressing a number on the telephone keypad.
Sixty inpatients were recruited from a psychiatric emergency unit in Sweden. Patients were either called every second (N=30) or every fourth (N=30) day from the first day after discharge until their first visit in outpatient care. At each call, a pre-recorded voice asked them to evaluate their current mood using their mobile phones.
The average response rate was 91%. A response rate of 100% was obtained by 71%. The probability of answering at least 75% of the calls was 88% in both groups. Sex, age and length of inpatient treatment did not affect the response rate, nor did randomisation. The boys estimated their current mood on average better than the girls did. Patients treated for less than three days estimated their current mood better than those treated for at least three days.
Automated IVR is a feasible method of collecting follow-up data on current mood among adolescents discharged from a psychiatric emergency unit. The technology offers new promising ways of remote collection of self-reported data among adolescents.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
1. Remvall S, Bjorgell R, Johansson BA, Lindgren A, Andersson C. [Interactive voice response – an automated follow-up technique for adolescents discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care. A randomised controlled trial.] Swedish. Poster presentation. The Annual General Meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Gothenburg 2010.
2. Remvall S, Bjorgell R, Johansson BA, Andersson C. [Interactive voice response – an automated follow-up technique for adolescents discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care. A randomised controlled trial.] Swedish. Poster presentation. The Spring meeting of the Swedish CAP association, Gothenburg 2010.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 34048 0
Address 34048 0
Country 34048 0
Phone 34048 0
Fax 34048 0
Email 34048 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 17295 0
Bjorn Axel Johansson
Address 17295 0
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Skane University Hospital
SE 205 02 Malmo
Country 17295 0
Sweden
Phone 17295 0
+46 40 331675
Fax 17295 0
+46 40 333269
Email 17295 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 8223 0
Bjorn Axel Johansson
Address 8223 0
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Skane University Hospital
SE 205 02 Malmo
Country 8223 0
Sweden
Phone 8223 0
+46 40 331675
Fax 8223 0
+46 40 333269
Email 8223 0
[email protected]

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