Video-based compared to the face-to-face first contact

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031262

Enrollment

Registered

2023-02-23

Start date

2021-04-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

People interested in psychotherapy at an outpatient clinic

Interventions

Group 1: Video-based first therapeutic contact Group 2: face-to-face first therapeutic contact

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 69 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: interest in psychotherapy at the outpatient clinic of the university

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - not fluent in German language - known suicidality - prior diagosis of substance abuse, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder - know mental retardation - private patient

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Empathy of Therapist Working Alliance Treatment Expectancy and Credibility	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Willingness to begin a face-to-face or video-based psychotherapy	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKatrin Schoenenberg

Bergische Universität Wuppertal

schoenenberg@uni-wuppertal.de+49 202 4395051

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026