Improving internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse: Patient perspectives following program completion.

ABSTRACT: Although Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) for alcohol misuse is efficacious in research trials, it is not routinely available in practice. Moreover, there is considerable variability in engagement and outcomes of ICBT for alcohol misuse across studies. The Alcohol Change Course (ACC) is an ICBT program that is offered free of charge by an online clinic in Saskatchewan, Canada, which seeks to fill this service gap, while also conducting research to direct future improvements of ICBT. As there is limited qualitative patient-oriented research designed to improve ICBT for alcohol misuse, in this study, we describe patient perceptions of the ACC post-treatment. Specifically, post-treatment feedback was obtained from 191 of 312 patients who enrolled in the ACC. Qualitative t

SUBMITTER: Hadjistavropoulos HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536539 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature