Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals towards Telepsychology during the Pandemic: A Pilot Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Measures
2.5. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Clinical Activity
3.2. Associations between Variables
3.3. Telepsychological Interventions
3.4. Online Assessment and Testing
3.5. New Technologies
3.6. Fees for Services
3.7. Advantages and Criticalities
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | n | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Female | 104 | 54.5 |
Male | 86 | 45.0 |
Non-binary | 1 | 0.5 |
Age (years) | ||
<30 | 36 | 18.8 |
30–39 | 83 | 43.5 |
40–49 | 34 | 17.8 |
50–59 | 22 | 11.5 |
60–69 | 12 | 6.3 |
>69 | 4 | 2.1 |
Professional qualification | ||
Psychotherapist | 115 | 60.0 |
Psychologist | 76 | 40.0 |
Private | 167 | 87.2 |
Public | 16 | 8.5 |
Affiliates | 8 | 4.3 |
Years of online clinical experience | ||
<1 | 39 | 20.4 |
1–3 | 111 | 58.1 |
4–6 | 23 | 12.0 |
7–9 | 8 | 4.2 |
>9 | 10 | 5.2 |
Number of online patients in a week | ||
1–5 | 114 | 59.7 |
6–10 | 36 | 18.8 |
11–20 | 21 | 11.0 |
21–30 | 13 | 6.8 |
>30 | 7 | 3.7 |
Therapeutic approach * | ||
Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies | 37 | 19.4 |
Behavioural therapy | 50 | 26.2 |
Cognitive therapy | 25 | 13.1 |
Humanistic therapy | 21 | 11.0 |
Integrative and holistic therapy | 41 | 21.5 |
Systemic therapy | 15 | 7.9 |
None | 2 | 1.0 |
Variables | n | % |
---|---|---|
Among the patients you receive online are *: | ||
Children | 19 | 9.9 |
Adolescents | 80 | 41.9 |
Adults | 186 | 97.4 |
Elderly | 53 | 27.7 |
What types of telepsychological interventions do you carry out online *: | ||
Individual | 191 | 100 |
Couple | 53 | 27.7 |
Family | 30 | 15.7 |
Group | 27 | 14.1 |
Your online psychology treatments concern *: | ||
Anxiety disorders | 180 | 94.2 |
Depressive disorders | 161 | 84.3 |
PTSD | 90 | 47.1 |
Cognitive disorders | 55 | 28.8 |
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Cavallo, M.; Pedroli, E.; Cantoia, M.; McGrath, B.; Cecchetti, S. Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals towards Telepsychology during the Pandemic: A Pilot Study. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1542. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111542
Cavallo M, Pedroli E, Cantoia M, McGrath B, Cecchetti S. Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals towards Telepsychology during the Pandemic: A Pilot Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(11):1542. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111542
Chicago/Turabian StyleCavallo, Marco, Elisa Pedroli, Manuela Cantoia, Breeda McGrath, and Sonja Cecchetti. 2023. "Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals towards Telepsychology during the Pandemic: A Pilot Study" Healthcare 11, no. 11: 1542. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111542