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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01374035
Date of registration: 28/04/2011
Primary sponsor: Helse Fonna
Public title: The Western Norway Mental Health Interface Study on Referral Letters
Scientific title: Interface Between Primary Care and Specialist Mental Health Care - the Referral Letters
Date of first enrolment: August 2010
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01374035
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research  
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:   Aslak B Aslaksen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine and Dentistery, University of Bergen, Norway
Name:   Kjell Haug, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine and Dentistery, University of Bergen, Norway
Name:   Kris Vanhaecht, RN, PhD
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Affiliation:  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Referral letters send from a GP to Public Specialised Mental Health Care

- Referrals for elective assessment or treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

- Referral letters send from other health personnel

- Referrals for acute care (within 24 hours)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mental Disorders
Intervention(s)
Other: Quality improvement intervention
Primary Outcome(s)
Length of stay [Time Frame: Day of discharge assessed up to six months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Response time for referral letters in Specialised Mental Health Care [Time Frame: Referral letters will be followed for the duration of the assessment and prioritation process until response letter is sent, an expected avarage of 10 days.]
Secondary ID(s)
NSD-24340
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
University of Bergen
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