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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Computerized Assessment and Referral System Screener for Mental Health Evaluations in the Emergency Setting

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03323853

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Official title

The Utility of the Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS) Screener for Mental Health Evaluations in the Emergency Setting

Brief summary

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This is a hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial which will be conducted at the emergency department (ED) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas. The hypothesis of this study is that use of the CARS (a computerized mental health screener) will modify emergency department treatment of patients with previously undiagnosed mental illness.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT03323853
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: University of Arkansas; Other
Enrollment: 451 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Mental Health

Interventions

Computerized Assessment and Referral System (CARS) Self-Assessment Screener Behavioral
CARS-SA Summary Results Behavioral

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years and older
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Dec 30, 2017 (Actual)
Primary completion: Dec 21, 2019 (Actual)
Completion: Dec 21, 2019 (Actual)
Last update posted: Jun 24, 2021

2017 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas	72205	—

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