Marie Dorow|Margrit Löbner|Alexander Pabst|Janine Stein|Steffi G. Riedel?Heller
Preferences for Depression Treatment Including Internet-Based Interventions: Results From a Large Sample of Primary Care Patients
Leipzig University|Leipzig University|Leipzig University|Leipzig University|Leipzig University
background date little known treatment preferences depression concerning new media study aims 1 investigate treatment preferences depression including internetbased interventions 2 examine subgroup differences concerning age gender severity depression well patientrelated factors associated treatment preferences methods data derived baseline assessment ktivtrial depression treatment preferences assessed n 641 primary care patients mild moderate depression regarding following treatments medication psychotherapy combined treatment alternative treatment talking friends family exercise selfhelp literature internetbased interventions depression severity specified gps according icd10 criteria ordinal logistic regression models conducted identify associated factors treatment preferences results patients mean age 439 years sd 138 two thirds 686 female 43 patients mild depression 57 diagnosed moderate depression majority patients reported strong preferences psychotherapy talking friends family exercise one five patients likely consider internetbased interventions case depression younger patients expressed significantly stronger treatment preferences psychotherapy internetbased interventions older patients salient factors associated treatment preferences patients education perceived selfefficacy conclusions patients depression report individually different treatment preferencesour results underline importance shared decisionmaking within primary care future studies investigate treatment preferences different types internetbased interventions