Racial Differences in the Effectiveness of Internet-Delivered Mental Health Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) can improve mental health outcomes in White populations; however, it is unknown whether racial and ethnic minority populations receive clinical benefits from cCBT.

Objective

To study race differences in the impact of cCBT use on mental health outcomes among White and African American primary care patients.

Design

Secondary analysis of a three-arm randomized controlled clinical trial.

Participants

Primary care physicians (PCPs) referred 2,884 patients aged 18-75; 954 met eligibility criteria (including elevated mood and/or anxiety symptoms indicated as a score ≥ 10 on Patient Health Questionnaire or Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale); 704 were randomized in 3:3:1 ratio to receive either (1) the cCBT pr

SUBMITTER: Jonassaint CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018863 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature