{"title":"A look into telepsychology in the Philippines: an exploratory-cross-sectional research.","authors":"Jason Clark Perez","doi":"10.1186/s12913-024-12091-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The debate surrounding telepsychology and its integration into professional practice remains a critical issue. This study explores telepsychology in the Philippines, focusing on its acceptance, appropriateness, and feasibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing an exploratory cross-sectional research design, data were collected through an online survey using purposive sampling. Results indicate that Filipinos generally perceive telepsychology as acceptable, suitable, and feasible under pandemic conditions. This aligns with studies emphasizing telepsychology's potential to enhance accessibility and address geographic barriers. The findings contribute to the growing body of evidence supporting telepsychology as a viable mental health intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":9012,"journal":{"name":"BMC Health Services Research","volume":"25 1","pages":"375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BMC Health Services Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12091-9","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The debate surrounding telepsychology and its integration into professional practice remains a critical issue. This study explores telepsychology in the Philippines, focusing on its acceptance, appropriateness, and feasibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing an exploratory cross-sectional research design, data were collected through an online survey using purposive sampling. Results indicate that Filipinos generally perceive telepsychology as acceptable, suitable, and feasible under pandemic conditions. This aligns with studies emphasizing telepsychology's potential to enhance accessibility and address geographic barriers. The findings contribute to the growing body of evidence supporting telepsychology as a viable mental health intervention.
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.