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. 2020 Aug 27;42(5):500–502. doi: 10.1177/0253717620951282

Table 1. Characteristics of Telepsychiatry Service Users.

Caller’s Characteristics Numbers

  • Demographics

  • Sikkim (total from all districts)

  • East district

  • West district

  • North district

  • South district

  • From other states: 5

  • 73

  • 40

  • 18

  • 3

  • 2

  • Diagnosis

  • Depressive episode

  • Generalized anxiety disorder

  • Alzheimer’s dementia

  • Anxiety disorder unspecified

  • Acute stress reaction

  • Obsessive compulsive disorder

  • Paranoid schizophrenia

  • Bipolar affective disorder

  • Alcohol dependence syndrome

  • Diagnosis deferred (acute cases that were referred)

  • 22

  • 12

  • 3

  • 7

  • 8

  • 4

  • 4

  • 2

  • 10

  • 6

  • Consultation characteristics

  • Audio calls (includes follow-up calls)

  • Video calls (all new cases/first consultations)

  • Follow-up cases (within 6 months of their last visit)

  • Follow-up cases (after 6 months of their last visit)

  • Follow-up cases (presenting with new complaint)

  • New cases (consulting for the first time)

  • Cases referred by another medical practitioner/specialist

  • Patients advised to visit hospital directly (1 follow-up and 5 new cases)

  • 139

  • 31

  • 47

  • 14

  • 4

  • 11

  • 2

  • 6