Unguided and free e-mental health platforms can offer a viable treatment and self-help
option for depression. This study aims to investigate, from a public health perspective, the real-world
uptake, benefits, barriers, and implementation support needed by general practitioners (GPs). The
study presents data from a spin-off GP survey conducted 2.5 years subsequent to a cluster-randomized
trial. A total of N = 68 GPs (intervention group (IG) GPs = 38, control group (CG) GPs = 30) participated
in the survey (response rate 62.4%). Data were collected via postal questionnaires. Overall,
66.2% of the GPs were female. The average age was 51.6 years (SD = 9.4), and 48.5% of the GPs
indicated that they continued (IG) or started recommending (CG) the e-mental health intervention
under real-world conditions beyond the trial. A number of benefits could be identified, such as ease
of integration and strengthening patient activation in disease management. Future implementation
support should include providing appealing informational materials and including explainer videos.
Workshops, conferences, and professional journals were identified as suitable for dissemination.
Social media approaches were less appealing. Measures should be taken to make it easier for health
care professionals to use an intervention after the trial and to integrate it into everyday practice.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:87347 |
| Date | 09 October 2023 |
| Creators | Löbner, Margrit, Stein, Janine, Luppa, Melanie, Bleckwenn, Markus, Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Anja, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 6203, 10.3390/ijerph19106203 |
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