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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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“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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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
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- 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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