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ArticleJMIR mental health2022

Therapeutic Alliance in Online and Face-to-face Psychological Treatment: Comparative Study.

Josep Mercadal Rotger, Victor Cabré

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Article in JMIR mental health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Josep Mercadal RotgerInstitut Universitari de Salut Mental Vidal i Barraquer, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-8817
Victor CabréInstitut Universitari de Salut Mental Vidal i Barraquer, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-0140
Universitat Ramon Llull · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSince the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of online mental health treatments have grown exponentially. Additionally, it seems inevitable that this technical resource is here to stay at health centers. However, there is still very little scholarly literature published on this topic, and therefore, the impact of the changes that have had to be dealt with in this regard has not been studied.

objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the differences in the establishment of the therapeutic alliance (TA) based on the intervention modality (online or face-to-face), the type of attachment, and diagnosis.

methodsA total of 291 subjects participated in the study, 149 (51.2%) of whom were men and 142 were (48.8%) women between the ages of 18 and 30 years. The instruments used were sociodemographic data, SOFTA-o (System for Observing Family Therapeutic Alliances-observational), and Relationship Questionnaire.

resultsThe results show that the treatments conducted face-to-face obtain significantly better scores in the creation of the TA than those conducted online (t=-42.045, df=289, P<.001). The same holds true with attachment, in that users with secure attachment show a better TA than those with insecure attachment (t=6.068, P<.001,), although there were no significant differences with the diagnosis (F=4.566, P=.44), age (r=0.02, P=.70), and sex (t=0.217, P=.33).

conclusionsWe believe that professionals are not yet prepared to conduct remote treatment with a degree of efficacy similar to that of face-to-face. It is essential for professionals to receive training in this new technical resource and to understand and incorporate the variants it entails into their daily practice.

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digital healthhealth interventionshealth professionalintervention modalitymental healthmental health educationmental health treatmentonline healthonline psychological interventiontherapeutic allianceweb-based health

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