National Telephone Support Groups

Wiener, Lori; Spencer, Elizabeth DuPont; Davidson, Robert; Fair, Cynthia D.

doi:10.1300/j009v16n03_05

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“…While voice chat overcomes geographical barriers, different groups of people with various mental health issues can use this technology in a single or group psychotherapy. For example, Wiener, Spencer, Davidson, and Fair (1993) reported the effectivity of the audio-based psychosocial support for HIV-infected children and their families. Likewise, Gettings, Franco, and Santosh (2015) demonstrated that audio-conferencing was an effective method to support siblings of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.…”

Section: Interactive Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modes of Delivering Psychotherapy

Alvandi

Doorn

Symmons

2017

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare

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The ubiquity of telecommunications technologies and the internet facilitates offering different mental health services to the public, and the ongoing advancement in technologies introduces new venues to a range of psychotherapeutic services. It is critical to all clinicians and professionals in information and communications technology to have a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges of these technologies. This article outlines the technologies that are currently used as part of psychotherapy. In particular, the paper discusses some of the current state of clinical research, advantageous and disadvantageous that relate to the use of these technologies.

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Section: Interactive Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modes of Delivering Psychotherapy

Alvandi

Doorn

Symmons

2017

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare

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Long‐term telephone therapy outcomes for breast cancer patients

Sandgren¹,

McCaul

2006

Psycho-Oncology

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We present the results of a breast cancer clinical trial that tested two therapy interventions delivered by telephone. Women (N = 218) with Stages I, II, or III breast cancer were randomly assigned to breast cancer health education or emotional expression interventions, or to a standard care control condition. Outcome and process measures were obtained at baseline, 6-month and 13-month follow-ups. Oncology certified nurses conducted the therapies in six, 30-minute individual phone sessions. Women in the health education condition reported significantly better knowledge and less perceived stress compared to women in the emotional expression and control conditions. No treatment effects, however, were obtained for quality of life or mood, and all women generally improved on these measures over time. Secondary analyses showed that younger women and women with a more advanced stage of breast cancer reported significantly greater avoidant coping. The data show that telephone therapy is a viable delivery modality and that distress improves with time for most women. Overall, this study showed that neither of the two telephone interventions tested had a meaningful effect on quality of life or mood.

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Telephone-adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation: Trial design, rationale and feasibility

Reilly-Spong

Reibel²,

Pearson

et al. 2015

Contemporary Clinical Trials

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Background Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has demonstrated benefits for stress-related symptoms; however, for patients with burdensome treatment regimens, multiple co-morbidities and mobility impairment, time and travel requirements pose barriers to MBSR training. Purpose To describe the design, rationale and feasibility results of Journeys to Wellness, a clinical trial of mindfulness training delivered in a novel workshop and teleconference format. The trial aim is to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life in people waiting for a kidney transplant. Methods The standard 8-week MBSR program was reconfigured for delivery as two in-person workshops separated in time by six weekly teleconferences (tMBSR). A time and attention comparison condition (tSupport) was created using the workshop-telephone format. Feasibility results Kidney transplant candidates (N=63) were randomly assigned to tMBSR or tSupport: 87% (n=55) attended ≥1 class, and for these, attendance was high (6.6 ± 1.8 tMBSR and 7.0 ± 1.4 tSupport sessions). Fidelity monitoring found all treatment elements were delivered as planned and few technical problems occurred. Patients in both groups reported high treatment satisfaction, but more tMBSR (83%) than tSupport (43%) participants expected their intervention to be quite a bit or extremely useful for managing their health. Symptoms and quality of life outcomes collected before (baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months) and after kidney transplantation (2, 6 and 12 months) will be analyzed for efficacy. Conclusions tMBSR is an accessible intervention that may be useful to people with a wide spectrum of health conditions. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01254214

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National Telephone Support Groups

Cited by 25 publications

References 9 publications

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Modes of Delivering Psychotherapy

Long‐term telephone therapy outcomes for breast cancer patients

Telephone-adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation: Trial design, rationale and feasibility

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