Efficacy of a hybrid online training for panic symptoms and agoraphobia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ebenfeld, Lara ^a   Kleine Stegemann, Stefan ^a   Lehr, Dirk ^a   Ebert, David Daniel ^a,b   Jazaieri, Hooria ^c   van Ballegooijen, Wouter ^d   Funk, Burkhardt ^a   Riper, Heleen ^a,d,e   Berking, Matthias ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Hybrid; Internet; Mobile; Panic disorder; Smartphone; Sub clinical

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYBRID ONLINE TRAINING; MOBILE PHONE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PANIC DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGORAPHOBIA; CELL PHONES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920775286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-427     Document Type: Article

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