The effect of guided web-based cognitive behavioral therapy on patients with depressive symptoms and heart failure: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Lundgren, Johan Gustav ^a   Dahlström, Örjan ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Köhler, Anita Kärner ^a   Johansson, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; EHealth; Heart failure; Internet; Internet based cognitive behavioral therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84989928514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5556     Document Type: Article

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