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Internet-administered cognitive behavior therapy for health problems: a systematic review
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Cognitive-behavioral interventions are the most extensively researched form of psychological treatment and are increasingly offered through the Internet. Internet-based interventions may save therapist time, reduce waiting-lists, cut traveling time, and reach populations with health problems who can not easily access other more traditional forms of treatments. We conducted a systematic review of twelve randomized controlled or comparative trials. Studies were identified through systematic searches in major bibliographical databases. Three studies focused on patients suffering from pain, three on headache, and six on other health problems. The effects found for Internet interventions targeting pain were comparable to the effects found for face-to-face treatments, and the same was true for interventions aimed at headache. The other interventions also showed some effects, although effects differed across target conditions. Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral interventions are a promising addition and complement to existing treatments. The Internet will most likely assume a major role in the future delivery of cognitive-behavioral interventions to patients with health problems.
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“Several barriers have been identified to impede the provision of psychological treatment to this population, some of which can be overcome by internet-based interventions, such as mobility limitations (Kersting et al., 2009) or stigma (e.g., Cuijpers et al. 2008).”
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“Reviews of iCBT for mental illness have indicated that older individuals are generally under-represented in the samples that provide efficacy data for these programs [5], [6].”
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“However, the acceptability, effectiveness and uptake of iCBT treatment for mental disorders has not been established in older populations [5], [6].”
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“An increasing number of studies on Internet-based interventions, many based on CBT (iCBT), indicate their efficacy in supporting use of constructive self-management strategies in individuals living with chronic illness [12-15].”
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“Such adapted therapies frequently retain effect-sizes rivaling those of the more traditionally delivered interventions [41; 28; 19]”
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“several studies have shown effects similar to that of face-to-face CBT [11] , [12] and [13] .”
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“The findings from the present Cancer Coping Workbook study are consistent with findings from studies of other web-based psychological interventions, which appear to work about as well as in-person interventions for conditions such as pain, asthma, and improving health behaviors (Cuijpers, 2008; Wantland, 2004).”
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“Reviews of Internet-based interventions for patients with various chronic pain conditions indicate a positive effect on pain, but results on psychological outcomes have been inconsistent [14,15,62].”
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“Studies on Internet-based interventions and interventions using SMS to support self-management of chronic illness show promising results [60-62].”
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“Evidence exists to support the effectiveness of web-based interventions. Research has shown these interventions to be effective in different areas of health care [2-7].”
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“However, one increasingly used approach to overcoming these obstacles has been to adapt empirically supported treatments into online delivery platforms that make them more accessible, particularly to those living in remote areas,29,43,47 with outcomes often rivaling those for in-clinic treatment.10,14”
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“High accessibility may be of special benefit to employees because they will not lose work hours due to therapist visits outside the workplace and participation in Web-based treatments is more anonymous compared to face-to-face treatment.”
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“Web-based treatments may reduce costs and can increase efficiency in mental health care because of several advantages, such as high accessibility, no waiting list, and minimal contact with a professional therapist [22].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cuijpers, P., van Straten, A., & Andersson, G.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Linköping University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Cuijpers, Pim
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2007-12-29
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-177
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- PMC
- PMC2346512
- OpenAlex
- W2151159941
- Semantic Scholar
- f802e34f4d89c71ef8064671fd50062678a09d2e
- Cited by
- 555
- References
- 57
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- FWCI
- 4.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- online intervention, cognitive-behavioral intervention, pain, headache, health problems, access to psychological treatment
- MeSH terms
- Headache, Health Status, Humans, Migraine Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internet, Pain Management
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