[PDF] Top 20 Internet based self help treatment for depression in multiple sclerosis: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

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... the treatment period of 12 ...[17], Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) [22], depression as determined by the Beck De- pression Inventory (BDI) [23] and fatigue as determined by the ... See full document

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... the study sample size is large enough to reach our main research objectives, but will not permit us to perform detailed subgroup ...of treatment outcome that could be tested directly in future studies with ... See full document

... recent study compared an internet-based ex- posure and behavioural activation treatment ...active treatment conditions and a waiting control ...no internet-based ... See full document

... ized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of online self-help therapy alone or in combination with chat coun- seling in reducing or enabling the abstention from canna- bis ...This ... See full document

... nostics help to prevent pathologization [8] by differenti- ating between women who experience common cycle changes and women who experience considerable impair- ment needing treatment ... See full document

... contacted based on their interest in a prior prospective study of our lab (at that point, all of these participants had given their permis- sion to be re-contacted in case a related study was ... See full document

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... symptoms. Based on a medium effect size of ...the self-help pro- gram (based on our recent studies, which included coaching [21]), at least 150 patients should be allocated to the two groups ... See full document

... the study, the participant will be direc- ted to an online screening consisting of demographic questions and of online versions of the clinical outcome measures and the process measures (see ...about ... See full document

... the internet provides an opportunity to reach suicidal individuals who would not be contacted ...a self-help intervention online, persons can anonymously learn to gain control over their suicidal ... See full document

... the Internet; (c) being able to take part in a telephone-administered diagnostic interview; (d) meeting diagnostic criteria for a primary diagnosis of SAD; (e) not participating in any other psychological ... See full document

... the Internet, which has low threshold acceptabil- ity, a high level of anonymity and offers flexibility in time and ...web- based interventions effectively reduce depressive symp- toms and prevent ... See full document

... The protocol described in this paper is of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing eight sessions of telephone CBT to an active social control, referred to as ...include ... See full document

... This study has some limitations that should be noted. First, the study did not include a true control and both groups significantly reduced their weight over the study ...the study lacked ... See full document