Blended vs. Face-to-face cognitive behavioural treatment for major depression in specialized mental health care: Study protocol of a randomized controlled cost-effectiveness trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Kooistra, Lisa C ^a,b   Wiersma, Jenneke E ^b   Ruwaard, Jeroen ^a,b   van Oppen, Patricia ^b   Smit, Filip ^a,b,c   Lokkerbol, Joran ^a,b,c   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b,d   Riper, Heleen ^a,b,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blended treatment; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Cost effectiveness; Depression; Internet based treatment; Outpatients; Pilot; Randomized controlled trial; Specialized mental health care

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLENDED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE-TO-FACE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84988556561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0290-z     Document Type: Article

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