COVID-19 e Telepsychotherapy: Which Variables Affect Therapeutic Experience?

NCT ID: NCT05743348

Last Updated: 2023-02-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

71 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-04-05

Study Completion Date

2022-04-30

Brief Summary

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COVID-19 pandemic forced a widespread adoption of telemedicine, including telepsychotherapy.

Telepsychotherapy has been proven to be effective before COVID-19 breakout (Poletti et al., 2020); however, both patients and therapists were skeptical about this modality.

The aim of this study is to probe the experience of telepsychotherapy in both patients and therapists, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Thus, when the adoption of online colloquia was mandatory and not an option.

Crucially, studying the experience of telepsychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic allows i) investigating also the experience of those patients and therapists that were not favorable to this kind of intervention and ii) comparing the experience of therapy in the online and face-to-face modality, in the same patients and therapists. Furthermore, we collect several psychological variables that possibly influence the experience and efficacy of telepsychotherapy (e.g., personality traits, attachment state of mind, previous traumatic experiences) to define the psychological profile behind a favorable or negative experience of telemedicine in both patients and therapists. As crucial novelty, this information is collected in both patients and their therapists, allowing the direct comparisons between the experience of the therapeutic relationship (e.g., empathy, alliance) from two different point of views.

The results of the present study may help in the definition of possible subgroups of patients who may be sufficiently responsive to telepsychotherapy and those who may benefit - exclusively - of face-to-face interventions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Telepsychotherapy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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Telepsychotherapy

Remotely delivered psychotherapy sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Licensed and currently practicing psychotherapists
* Individuals currently undergoing a psychotherapy

Exclusion Criteria

* not applicable
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Istituto Auxologico Italiano

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

Other Identifiers

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23C123

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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