Judy Proudfoot|Britt Klein|Azy Barak|Per Carlbring|Pim Cuijpers|Alfred Lange|Lee M. Ritterband|Gerhard Andersson
Establishing Guidelines for Executing and Reporting Internet Intervention Research
Black Dog Institute|UNSW Sydney|Swinburne University of Technology|University of Haifa|Umeå University|Umeå University|University of Amsterdam|University of Virginia|Linköping University
field internet interventions growing rapidly new programs continually developed facilitate health mental health promotion disease emotional distress prevention risk factor management treatment relapse prevention however clear definition internet interventions guidelines research evidence effectiveness slower follow article focuses quality standardization research internetdelivered psychological behavioural interventions although science underpinning internet interventions starting established across research studies often conceptual methodological difficulties authors argue situation due lack universally accepted operational guidelines evaluation methods following critical appraisal existing codes conduct guidelines internetassisted psychological health interventions authors developed framework guidelines internet intervention research utilizing aspects facet theory guttman greenbaum 1998 framework facets elements guidelines best practice reporting internet intervention research sent several leading researchers field comment input consensus framework could agreed authors outline 12 key facets considered evaluating reporting internet intervention studies facet consists range recommended elements designed minimum features reporting internet intervention studies authors propose framework utilized designing reporting internet intervention research results across studies replicated extended compared contrasted greater ease clarity