Adolescent dropout from brief digital mental health interventions within and beyond randomized trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many adolescents struggle to access appropriate mental health care due to structural or psychological barriers. Although traditional barriers to participation (e.g., location, cost) are hypothetically reduced or removed in internet interventions, low retention reduces the likelihood that adolescents will receive the intervention dosage intended to produce beneficial effects. It is therefore key to determine what factors are associated with dropout in digital mental health interventions with adolescents both within and beyond the context of research studies.

Methods

We compare completion rates from two projects evaluating self-guided, online single-session mental health interventions (SSIs) for adolescents. One was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which partic

SUBMITTER: Cohen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8897204 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature