A comparison of face-to-face and remote assessment of inter-rater reliability on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale via videoconferencing

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Kobak, Kenneth A ^a   Williams, Janet B W ^b   Engelhardt, Nina ^a  

^a MedAvante Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Outcomes assessment; Research design; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELECONSULTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEOTAPE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 38749152449     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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