Addressing Disability Effectively With Psychosocial Telemedicine

What To Know

This ClinicalTrials.gov record reports a completed multi-site randomized trial testing telemedicine-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (Tele-CBT) versus usual care for adults with IBD who have moderate-to-severe disability on the 14-item IBD Disability Index (IBD-DI). The intervention is eight weekly 1-hour teletherapy sessions with a licensed Ph.D.

psychologist plus usual care and access to an IBD Help Center; the primary outcome is change in IBD-DI from baseline to 8 weeks. The study screened adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis at five gastroenterology practices and enrolled participants with higher disability scores into the randomized phase.

Eligibility required English proficiency, ability to participate in telemedicine, and no recent relationship with a mental health specialist. The registry lists the University of Pennsylvania as the lead site and notes the trial is completed.

This record describes the trial design and primary outcome measure but does not present results or effect sizes in the provided text. For clinical decisions or expectations about benefit, look for a linked results posting or a peer-reviewed publication of trial outcomes.