000057932 001__ 57932 000057932 005__ 20170504093356.0 000057932 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1186/1471-244X-13-64 000057932 0248_ $$2sideral$$a81423 000057932 037__ $$aART-2013-81423 000057932 041__ $$aeng 000057932 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5677-1662$$aMontero-Marín, J. 000057932 245__ $$aExpectations, experiences and attitudes of patients and primary care health professionals regarding online psychotherapeutic interventions for depression: Protocol for a qualitative study 000057932 260__ $$c2013 000057932 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000057932 5203_ $$aBackground: In the year 2020, depression will cause the second highest amount of disability worldwide. One quarter of the population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in Western countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that do not involve mental health services, such as online psychotherapy programs, have been proposed. These programs demonstrate satisfactory outcomes, but the completion rate for patients is low. Health professionals’ attitudes towards this type of psychotherapy are more negative than the attitudes of depressed patients themselves. The aim of this study is to describe the profile of depressed patients who would benefit most from online psychotherapy and to identify expectations, experiences, and attitudes about online psychotherapy among both patients and health professionals that can facilitate or hinder its effects. Methods: A parallel qualitative design will be used in a randomised controlled trial on the efficiency of online psychotherapeutic treatment for depression. Through interviews and focus groups, the experiences of treated patients, their reasons for abandoning the program, the expectations of untreated patients, and the attitudes of health professionals will be examined. Questions will be asked about training in new technologies, opinions of online psychotherapy, adjustment to therapy within the daily routine, the virtual and anonymous relationship with the therapist, the process of online communication, information necessary to make progress in therapy, process of working with the program, motivations and attitudes about treatment, expected consequences, normalisation of this type of therapy in primary care, changes in the physician-patient relationship, and resources and risks. A thematic content analysis from the grounded theory for interviews and an analysis of the discursive positions of participants based on the sociological model for focus groups will be performed. Discussion: Knowledge of the expectations, experiences, and attitudes of both patients and medical personnel regarding online interventions for depression can facilitate the implementation of this new psychotherapeutic tool. This qualitative investigation will provide thorough knowledge of the perceptions, beliefs, and values of patients and clinicians, which will be very useful for understanding how to implement this intervention method for depression. 000057932 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PI10-01083$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/PSI2010-17563-CIBER 000057932 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000057932 590__ $$a2.237$$b2013 000057932 591__ $$aPSYCHIATRY$$b65 / 134 = 0.485$$c2013$$dQ2$$eT2 000057932 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000057932 700__ $$aCarrasco, J.M. 000057932 700__ $$aRoca, M. 000057932 700__ $$aSerrano-Blanco, A. 000057932 700__ $$aGili, M. 000057932 700__ $$aMayoral, F. 000057932 700__ $$aLuciano, J.V. 000057932 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1690-4130$$aLopez-del-Hoyo, Y.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000057932 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6565-9699$$aOlivan, B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000057932 700__ $$aCollazo, F. 000057932 700__ $$aAraya, R. 000057932 700__ $$aBaños, R. 000057932 700__ $$aBotella, C. 000057932 700__ $$aGarcía-Campayo, J. 000057932 7102_ $$14009$$2740$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDepartamento de Psicología y Sociología$$cPsicología Social 000057932 7102_ $$14009$$2730$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDepartamento de Psicología y Sociología$$cPsicología Básica 000057932 773__ $$g13, 64 (2013), [6 pp]$$pBMC Psychiatry$$tBMC Psychiatry$$x1471-244X 000057932 8564_ $$s179747$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/57932/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000057932 8564_ $$s95999$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/57932/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000057932 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:57932$$particulos$$pdriver 000057932 951__ $$a2017-05-04-09:33:01 000057932 980__ $$aARTICLE