The effects of component-specific treatment compliance in individually tailored internet-based treatmentShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, ISSN 1063-3995, E-ISSN 1099-0879, Vol. 26, no 3, p. 298-308Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The objective of this study was to explore the effects of treatment compliance in a guided individually tailored internet-based treatment (TAIL) in relation to depression and co-morbid symptoms. Compliance with the homework in the different treatment components in TAIL, each aimed at a specific condition, was rated for 207 participants by independent assessors. Six subgroups (n = 34-131) were constructed consisting of participants with co-occurring symptoms of worry, panic, social anxiety, stress, insomnia, or pain. For each group, hierarchical regression was used to investigate whether the total sum of compliance points, Overall Compliance, predicted reductions in depression and in condition-specific symptoms. Also, in each subgroup, it was tested whether working with specific treatment components, Specific Compliance, predicted reduction of the targeted symptoms. Overall Compliance predicted 15% of the reduction in depression symptoms. For participants with worry, panic, social anxiety, stress, or insomnia, Overall Compliance also predicted symptom reductions in that specific condition. Specific Compliance predicted reduction in the targeted symptoms for participants with social anxiety, stress, and insomnia. Specific Compliance with stress and insomnia components also predicted reductions in depression. Our results strengthen the importance of compliance in internet-based treatments. Because compliance with stress and insomnia components was particularly important for broad symptom reductions, these conditions should not be ignored when treating patients with co-morbid symptoms.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2019. Vol. 26, no 3, p. 298-308
Keywords [en]
adherence, co-morbidity, depression, internet-based treatment, tailoring, treatment compliance
National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86866DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2351ISI: 000470782800003PubMedID: 30650232Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85061989730OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-86866DiVA, id: diva2:1337561
2019-07-162019-07-162021-04-29Bibliographically approved