Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns
Objective: E-mental health interventions can usefully supplement mental health care. Health care providers are important to the routine implementation. Until now, little has been known about their attitudes about e-mental health and its use in treatment. This study aims to comprehensively examine he...
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| author | Elena Caroline Weitzel Katja Schladitz Maria Schwenke Franziska Dinah Welzel Georg Schomerus Peter Schönknecht Markus Bleckwenn Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf Steffi G. Riedel-Heller Margrit Löbner |
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| description | Objective: E-mental health interventions can usefully supplement mental health care. Health care providers are important to the routine implementation. Until now, little has been known about their attitudes about e-mental health and its use in treatment. This study aims to comprehensively examine health care providers' attitudes and experiences regarding e-mental health interventions over time. Methods: Data for this explorative analysis derive from a longitudinal study of N = 335 health care providers from four professional groups in German mental health care (GPs, specialist doctors, psychotherapists, and clinicians). In two surveys conducted one year apart, usage as well as advantages of and barriers to e-mental health interventions were assessed. Usage patterns based on self-report were examined according to socio-demographic correlates. In a binary logistic regression, correlations between use at follow-up and baseline variables were analyzed. Results: At follow-up, the inclusion of e-mental health interventions in treatment was increased to 40 % compared to baseline (28.4 %). Also, more participants reported having better knowledge and having received information about e-mental health. Gender, age, and knowledge about e-mental health interventions were significantly associated with usage patterns. In the regression analysis, gender, age, and professional group were relevant predictors of use at follow-up. Conclusion: Our results show that increasingly health care providers are including e-mental health interventions in treatment. This is presumably related to better knowledge. However, it is clear that e-mental health interventions are not yet an established component of health care. Rather, implementation efforts, particularly the dissemination of informational materials, are required to promote the use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8c31f60d2ba4c52b8f1e3f2785541b72025-02-06T05:11:49ZengElsevierInternet Interventions2214-78292025-03-0139100808Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patternsElena Caroline Weitzel0Katja Schladitz1Maria Schwenke2Franziska Dinah Welzel3Georg Schomerus4Peter Schönknecht5Markus Bleckwenn6Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf7Steffi G. Riedel-Heller8Margrit Löbner9Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Corresponding author at: Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Semmelweisstr. 10, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Semmelweisstr. 10, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Altscherbitz Saxon Hospital, Leipziger Straße 59, 04435 Schkeuditz, GermanyInstitute of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyObjective: E-mental health interventions can usefully supplement mental health care. Health care providers are important to the routine implementation. Until now, little has been known about their attitudes about e-mental health and its use in treatment. This study aims to comprehensively examine health care providers' attitudes and experiences regarding e-mental health interventions over time. Methods: Data for this explorative analysis derive from a longitudinal study of N = 335 health care providers from four professional groups in German mental health care (GPs, specialist doctors, psychotherapists, and clinicians). In two surveys conducted one year apart, usage as well as advantages of and barriers to e-mental health interventions were assessed. Usage patterns based on self-report were examined according to socio-demographic correlates. In a binary logistic regression, correlations between use at follow-up and baseline variables were analyzed. Results: At follow-up, the inclusion of e-mental health interventions in treatment was increased to 40 % compared to baseline (28.4 %). Also, more participants reported having better knowledge and having received information about e-mental health. Gender, age, and knowledge about e-mental health interventions were significantly associated with usage patterns. In the regression analysis, gender, age, and professional group were relevant predictors of use at follow-up. Conclusion: Our results show that increasingly health care providers are including e-mental health interventions in treatment. This is presumably related to better knowledge. However, it is clear that e-mental health interventions are not yet an established component of health care. Rather, implementation efforts, particularly the dissemination of informational materials, are required to promote the use.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782925000090 |
| spellingShingle | Elena Caroline Weitzel Katja Schladitz Maria Schwenke Franziska Dinah Welzel Georg Schomerus Peter Schönknecht Markus Bleckwenn Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf Steffi G. Riedel-Heller Margrit Löbner Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns Internet Interventions |
| title | Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns |
| title_full | Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns |
| title_fullStr | Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns |
| title_short | Current trends in e-mental health interventions: Health care providers' attitudes and usage patterns |
| title_sort | current trends in e mental health interventions health care providers attitudes and usage patterns |
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