Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument: Preliminary results of a multi-center pilot study

J.M. Santos; M.P.A. Fleck; S.P. Teche; I.C. Passos; M.H. Costa; N.S. Rocha

Acta Psychologica (Nov 2024)

Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument: Preliminary results of a multi-center pilot study

J.M. Santos,
M.P.A. Fleck,
S.P. Teche,
I.C. Passos,
M.H. Costa,
N.S. Rocha

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J.M. Santos: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; Graduation Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Medical Faculty, Porto Alegre, Brazil; I-QOL: Innovations and interventions for quality-of-life research group, Brazil
M.P.A. Fleck: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; Graduation Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Medical Faculty, Porto Alegre, Brazil
S.P. Teche: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; Graduation Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Medical Faculty, Porto Alegre, Brazil
I.C. Passos: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; Graduation Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Medical Faculty, Porto Alegre, Brazil
M.H. Costa: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; I-QOL: Innovations and interventions for quality-of-life research group, Brazil
N.S. Rocha: Center of Clinical Research and Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil; Graduation Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Medical Faculty, Porto Alegre, Brazil; I-QOL: Innovations and interventions for quality-of-life research group, Brazil; Corresponding author at: Avenida Ramiro Barcelos, 2400 - 2nd floor, CEP 90003-035, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 251
p. 104566

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We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two domains: advantages and disadvantages. Results: Cronbach's alpha showed good internal consistency (0.88 and 0.85). The scale showed discriminative ability. Convergent validity showed significant correlations between WAI-SR domains (p 〈0,001). The scale showed a good data fit in the confirmatory factor analysis (X2 = 255,859; DF = 197; p = .003; CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.047; GFI = 0.84 TLI = 0.94). Conclusion: This pilot study showed that the instrument proved preliminary good psychometric properties but needs to be evaluated in a larger sample.

Published in Acta Psychologica

ISSN: 0001-6918 (Print); 1873-6297 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/acta-psychologica

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