the acceptability of internet-based treatment and characteristics of an adult sample with obsessive compulsive disorder an internet survey基于互联网的可接受性治疗和一个成年人样本的特征与强迫症网上调查.pdfVIP

The Acceptability of Internet-Based Treatment and Characteristics of an Adult Sample with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Internet Survey Bethany M. Wootton1,2, Nickolai Titov1,3,4*, Blake F. Dear3,4, Jay Spence1,2, Alice Kemp3 1 School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2 Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia, 3 Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD), St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia Abstract Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling anxiety disorder, but most individuals delay seeking treatment. Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) is an innovative service delivery method that may help to improve access to care, but the acceptability to consumers of such programs has not yet been established. Methodology: People with symptoms of OCD were invited to complete an online survey enquiring about demographic characteristics, symptom severity, and acceptability of Internet-based treatment. Demographic and symptom severity data were compared with people with OCD identified in a national epidemiological survey and with a sample of patients with OCD from a specialist outpatient anxiety clinic. Participants: 129 volunteers to an online Internet survey, 135 patients at a specialist anxiety disorders outpatient clinic, and 297 cases identified in a national epidemiological survey. Main Measures: Demographic characteristics, and severity of symptoms as measured by the Kessler 10-Item scale, the 12- item World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule - Second Edition and the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsi