Treatment satisfaction of home-based telehealth versus in-person delivery of prolonged exposure for combat-related PTSD in veterans

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 51-55

  Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   Lancaster, Cynthia Luethcke ^a,b   López, Cristina M ^c   Acierno, Ron ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; evidence based psychotherapy; PTSD; satisfaction; Telehealth; veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEMEDICINE; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040455014     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X16671096     Document Type: Article

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