Posttreatment attrition and its predictors, attrition bias, and treatment efficacy of the anxiety online programs

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e232-

  Al Asadi, Ali M ^a,b   Klein, Britt ^a,c,d   Meyer, Denny ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Grande Prairie Regional College   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; e mental health; Fully automated; Generalized anxiety disorder; Internet interventions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Online therapy; Posttreatment attrition; Posttreatment predictors; Self help; Treatment efficacy; Web treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910136472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3513     Document Type: Article

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