Audio Recording for Independent Confirmation of Clinical Assessments in Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The assessment of patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) to deteremine whether a medication intervention is necessary is not always clear and might benefit from a second opinion. However, second opinions are time consuming, expensive, and not practical in most settings. We obtained independent, second opinion reviews of the primary clinician's assessment via audio-digital recording. Design: An audio-digital recording of key site-based assessments was used to generate site-independent "dual" reviews of the clinical presentation, symptom severity, and medication requirements of patients with GAD as part of the screening procedures for a clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02310568). Results: Site-independent reviewers affirmed the diagnosis, symptom severity metrics,

SUBMITTER: Targum SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919431 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature