Factors Associated With Intention and Use of e-Mental Health by Mental Health Counselors in General Practices: Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health care counselors have a high intention to use e-mental health (EMH), whereas actual use is limited. Facilitating future use requires insight into underlying factors as well as eligibility criteria that mental health care counselors use in their decision to apply EMH.

Objective

The aim of this study was to unfold the intention and underlying reasons for mental health counselors to use EMH and to unveil the criteria they use to estimate patient eligibility for EMH. The theoretical framework was based on the reasoned action approach model, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, and the Measurement Instrument for Determinants of Innovation model.

Methods

To empirically validate our theoretical model, a web-based survey was conducte

SUBMITTER: De Veirman AEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9812270 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature