Authors
Nele AJ De Witte, Per Carlbring, Anne Etzelmueller, Tine Nordgreen, Maria Karekla, Lise Haddouk, Angélique Belmont, Svein Øverland, Rudy Abi-Habib, Sylvie Bernaerts, Agostino Brugnera, Angelo Compare, Aranzazu Duque, David Daniel Ebert, Jonas Eimontas, Angelos P Kassianos, Joao Salgado, Andreas Schwerdtfeger, Pia Tohme, Eva Van Assche, Tom Van Daele
Publication date
2021/9/1
Journal
Internet Interventions
Volume
25
Pages
100405
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Introduction
While the general uptake of e-mental health interventions remained low over the past years, physical distancing and lockdown measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic created a need and demand for online consultations in only a matter of weeks.
Objective
This study investigates the uptake of online consultations provided by mental health professionals during lockdown measures in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the participating countries, with a specific focus on professionals' motivations and perceived barriers regarding online consultations.
Methods
An online survey on the use of online consultations was set up in March 2020. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) guided the deductive qualitative analysis of the results.
Results
In total, 2082 mental health professionals from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, the …
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