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Expectations, experiences and attitudes of patients and primary care health professionals regarding online psychotherapeutic interventions for depression: protocol for a qualitative study

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Montero-Marín, Jesús, Carrasco, José Miguel, Roca, Miquel, Serrano-Blanco, Antoni, Gili, Margalida, Mayoral, Fermin, Luciano, Juan V, Lopez-del-Hoyo, Yolanda +6 more·2013·BMC Psychiatry

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the year 2020, depression will cause the second highest amount of disability worldwide. One quarter of the population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in Western countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that do not involve mental health services, such as online psychotherapy programs, have been proposed. These programs demonstrate satisfactory outcomes, but the completion rate for patients is low. Health professionals' attitudes towards this type of psychotherapy are more negative than the attitudes of depressed patients themselves. The aim of this study is to describe the profile of depressed patients who would benefit most from online psychotherapy and to identify expectations, experiences, and attitudes about online psychotherapy among both patients and health professionals that can facilitate or hinder its effects. METHODS: A parallel qualitative design will be used in a randomised controlled trial on the efficiency of online psychotherapeutic treatment for depression. Through interviews and focus groups, the experiences of treated patients, their reasons for abandoning the program, the expectations of untreated patients, and the attitudes of health professionals will be examined. Questions will be asked about training in new technologies, opinions of online psychotherapy, adjustment to therapy within the daily routine, the virtual and anonymous relationship with the therapist, the process of online communication, information necessary to make progress in therapy, process of working with the program, motivations and attitudes about treatment, expected consequences, normalisation of this type of therapy in primary care, changes in the physician-patient relationship, and resources and risks. A thematic content analysis from the grounded theory for interviews and an analysis of the discursive positions of participants based on the sociological model for focus groups will be performed. DISCUSSION: Knowledge of the expectations, experiences, and attitudes of both patients and medical personnel regarding online interventions for depression can facilitate the implementation of this new psychotherapeutic tool. This qualitative investigation will provide thorough knowledge of the perceptions, beliefs, and values of patients and clinicians, which will be very useful for understanding how to implement this intervention method for depression.

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Montero-Marín, J., Carrasco, J. M., Roca, M., Serrano-Blanco, A., Gili, M., Mayoral, F., Luciano, J. V., Lopez-del-Hoyo, Y., Olivan, B., Collazo, F., Araya, R., Baños, R., Botella, C., & García-Campayo, J.
Affiliations
  • Sociedad Española de Reumatología (ES)
  • Research Institute of Health Sciences (ES)
  • Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (ES)
  • Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
  • Universitat de València (ES)
  • Universitat Jaume I (ES)
Venue
BMC Psychiatry
Published
2013-02-20
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
64-64
ISSN
1471-244X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2101933101
Cited by
26
References
58
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 8
FWCI
7.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • BMC Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zaguan (Universidad de Zaragoza) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Deposito Adademico Digital Universidad De Navarra (University of Navarra) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Repository of Digital Objects for Teaching Research and Culture (University of Valencia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • RISalud Institutional Health Repository of Andalucía (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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 › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
depression, online therapy, digital mental health interventions, patient expectations, patient experience, clinician attitudes, primary care, treatment discontinuation, physician-patient relationship
MeSH terms
Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Computers, Attitude to Health, Depression, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Psychotherapy, Focus Groups, Telemedicine, Qualitative Research, Physicians, Primary Care

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