{"title":"Psychometric properties of an online psychotherapy advantages and disadvantages instrument: Preliminary results of a multi-center pilot study","authors":"J.M. Santos , M.P.A. Fleck , S.P. Teche , I.C. Passos , M.H. Costa , N.S. Rocha","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104566","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two domains: advantages and disadvantages. Results: Cronbach's alpha showed good internal consistency (0.88 and 0.85). The scale showed discriminative ability. Convergent validity showed significant correlations between WAI-SR domains (p 〈0,001). The scale showed a good data fit in the confirmatory factor analysis (X<sup>2</sup> = 255,859; DF = 197; <em>p</em> = .003; CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.047; GFI = 0.84 TLI = 0.94). Conclusion: This pilot study showed that the instrument proved preliminary good psychometric properties but needs to be evaluated in a larger sample.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":2,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000169182400444X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We verified the need for instruments that could assess the perceptions of patients, therapists, and psychotherapy supervisors about online Psychotherapy. Objectives: to Build a scale of advantages and disadvantages of online psychotherapy. Method: A pilot cross-sectional multicenter sample collected from 2020 to 2021 of 129 patients, 20 therapists, and 35 supervisors. We used several analyses. The final scale contained 22 items divided into two domains: advantages and disadvantages. Results: Cronbach's alpha showed good internal consistency (0.88 and 0.85). The scale showed discriminative ability. Convergent validity showed significant correlations between WAI-SR domains (p 〈0,001). The scale showed a good data fit in the confirmatory factor analysis (X2 = 255,859; DF = 197; p = .003; CFI = 0.95; RMSEA = 0.047; GFI = 0.84 TLI = 0.94). Conclusion: This pilot study showed that the instrument proved preliminary good psychometric properties but needs to be evaluated in a larger sample.