Efficacy of internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy for severe health anxiety: results from a randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health anxiety is common, disabling and costly due to patients' extensive use of health care services. Internet-delivered treatment may overcome barriers of accessibility to specialized treatment. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy (iACT).

Methods

A randomized, controlled trial of iACT versus an internet-delivered discussion forum (iFORUM), performed in a Danish university hospital setting. Patients self-referred and underwent video-diagnostic assessment. Eligible patients (≥18 years) with health anxiety were randomized to 12 weeks of intervention. The randomization was blinded for the assessor. The primary outcome was between-group unadjusted mean differences in health anxiety symptoms measured by the Whitele

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature