Establishing treatment fidelity in a web-based behavioral intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

: Treatment fidelity pertains to the methodological strategies used to monitor and enhance the reliability and validity of behavioral interventions. Approaches to establishing treatment fidelity in Web-based interventions differ from those used in interventions that are delivered in person.

Objective

: The aim of this study was to describe a methodology for ensuring treatment fidelity in a Web-based cognitive behavioral stress management intervention.

Methods

: The intervention Coping With Cancer Workbook, adapted for Web-based delivery from an in-person intervention, was tested in a randomized controlled trial with 123 breast cancer survivors. Strategies for ensuring treatment fidelity were implemented and assessed.

Results

: The National Institutes

SUBMITTER: Eaton LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3235349 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature