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This study was done to understand if there were ways to make the ICBT course better for participants and therapists. They wanted to see if having participants complete a reflection questionnaire, and if therapists contacted participants more often, would make a difference in how well the course worked.
The study had some participants: 1. complete a reflection questionnaire each week and 2. contacted by a therapist once or twice a week and 3. receive contact from a therapist from one of two different care settings. They then looked at how participants responded to treatment, how engaged they were, and how satisfied they felt with the course.
The study found that these different factors didn’t make a big difference in how well participants did overall. Participants who did the reflection each week sometimes logged in less, and more therapist contact didn’t always lead to better results for participants.
Based on these findings, future research could focus on finding better ways to give tasks to participants and support from therapists in ICBT courses. It’s important to make sure that these methods really help participants and therapists before using them widely
Hadjistavropoulos,H. D., Peynenburg, V., Thiessen, D., Nugent, M., Adlam, K., Owens, K., Karin, E., Dear, B.F. & Titov, N. (2020). A pragmatic factorial randomized controlled trial of transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy: Exploring benefits of homework reflectionquestionnaires and twice-weekly therapist support. Internet Interventions, 22, 100357. doi:10.1016/j.invent.2020.100357