Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument : preliminary results of a multi-center pilot study

We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected...

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Autores: Santos, Josiane Maliuk dos, Teche, Stefania Pigatto, Passos, Ives Cavalcante, Costa, Marta Haas, Rocha, Neusa Sica da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/284588
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/284588
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicometria
Psicoterapia
Telessaúde mental
Advantages
Disadvantages
Online psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Instrument
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Sumario:We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two domains: advantages and disadvantages. Results: Cronbach's alpha showed good internal consistency (0.88 and 0.85). The scale showed discriminative ability. Convergent validity showed significant correlations between WAI-SR domains (p 〈0,001). The scale showed a good data fit in the confirmatory factor analysis (X2 = 255,859; DF = 197; p = .003; CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.047; GFI = 0.84 TLI = 0.94). Conclusion: This pilot study showed that the instrument proved preliminary good psychometric properties but needs to be evaluated in a larger sample.