HEI-Lab, Lusófona University of Porto, Portugal.
HEI-Lab, Lusófona University of Porto, Portugal.
Int J Med Inform. 2020 Apr;136:104076. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104076. Epub 2020 Jan 9.
Despite showing comparable levels of efficacy, internet-based psychological interventions (IPI) exhibited lower acceptance and intention of use as compared to psychological treatment delivered by face-to-face methods. Surprisingly, no research has inspected whether IPI acceptance is associated with variables linked with intentions of technology use and with barriers to seeking professional psychological help, such as personal depression stigma. Informed by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, the current study tested the role of technology and mental health-related determinants as predictors of acceptance of IPI for depression.
Participants were 417 community Portuguese adults, who completed a pencil-and-paper survey.
Our results indicated that performance expectancy, social influence, and personal stigma against depression were significantly associated with the acceptance of IPI for depression.
These results suggest that barriers to seeking professional psychological help should be considered in the understanding of IPI acceptance.
尽管基于互联网的心理干预（IPI）显示出与面对面心理治疗相当的疗效，但与后者相比，前者的接受度和使用意愿较低。令人惊讶的是，目前尚无研究检查 IPI 的接受度是否与与技术使用意图和寻求专业心理帮助障碍相关的变量有关，例如个人抑郁污名。本研究以接受和使用技术的统一理论为依据，测试了技术和心理健康相关决定因素作为接受抑郁 IPI 的预测因素的作用。
参与者为 417 名葡萄牙社区成年人，他们完成了纸笔调查。
我们的结果表明，对 IPI 治疗抑郁的接受度与绩效期望、社会影响和对抑郁的个人污名显著相关。
这些结果表明，在理解 IPI 的接受度时，应考虑寻求专业心理帮助的障碍。
