Preferences of psychotherapists for blended care in Germany: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Digital treatment formats are emerging within mental health care. Evidence suggests that mental health care providers and recipients prefer a combination of digital and traditional elements within psychotherapy treatment formats, also called blended care (BC), over standalone digital formats. We examined the attitudes and preferences of licensed psychotherapists in Germany regarding such BC applications.

Methods

We fielded a survey among psychotherapists, including questions about attitudes, previous experiences, and expectations regarding BC, as well as a discrete choice experiment. Attributes for the experiment were developed using a stepwise qualitative approach. A Bayesian D-efficient design was used to generate the choice tasks. The choice data were analyzed

SUBMITTER: Phillips EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature