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[Attendance for Using Internet-Based Support After Inpatient Treatment - A Cross-Sectional Survey]
Fabian Frank1, Nicola Gräder1, Hannah Dahlmann1
1Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
Objective:
Examination of the attendance for using internet-based measures after inpatient treatment.
Methods:
Cross-sectional-survey in former inpatients (N = 247).
Results:
44.9 % are willing to use measures via videoconference, 34.7 % via Chat, 50.0 % via E-Mail and 38.0 % as onlinetherapy. Attendance is lower in older age groups. Benefits regarding the introduced measures are seen mainly in the flexibility and disadvantages in the impersonal character.
Conclusions:
A relevant share of especially younger patients is willing to use internet-based measures.
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