Effectiveness of One Videoconference-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Session at Home in Adjunction to Inpatient Treatment in Persons With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Nonrandomized Study
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In: JMIR Mental Health, Vol. 11, No. 1, e52790, 13.03.2024.
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T1 - Effectiveness of One Videoconference-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Session at Home in Adjunction to Inpatient Treatment in Persons With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
T2 - Nonrandomized Study
AU - Voderholzer, Ulrich
AU - Meule, Adrian
AU - Koch, Stefan
AU - Pfeuffer, Simone
AU - Anna-Lena, Netter
AU - Lehr, Dirk
AU - Zisler, Eva Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 JMIR Publications Inc.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/3/13
Y1 - 2024/3/13
N2 - Background: Therapist-guided exposure and response prevention (ERP) for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is frequently conducted within clinical settings but rarely at places where patients are usually confronted with OCD symptom-provoking situations in daily life (eg, at home). Objective: This study aimed to investigate patients’ views on 1 ERP session at home via videoconference and its impact on treatment outcome. Methods: A total of 64 inpatients with OCD received 1 session of therapist-guided videoconference-based ERP at home in adjunction to a multimodal inpatient treatment between 2015 and 2020. Results: Compared with 64 age- and sex-matched controls who received a multimodal inpatient treatment without 1 session of videoconference-based ERP at home, patients who received 1 session of videoconference-based ERP in adjunction to a multimodal inpatient treatment showed stronger reductions in OCD symptom severity from admission to discharge. Before the videoconference-based ERP session, patients reported high rationale credibility and treatment expectancy. After the videoconference-based ERP session, patients reported medium-to-high positive mood as well as depth and smoothness of the session, and they perceived the working alliance as high. Conclusions: Results highlight the importance of administering therapist-guided ERP sessions in patients’ natural environment to enhance treatment response in OCD. Videoconference-based ERP as add-on to treatment as usual is, therefore, a promising approach to facilitate the application of ERP in patients’ natural environment and foster the generalization of ERP conducted in clinical settings.
AB - Background: Therapist-guided exposure and response prevention (ERP) for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is frequently conducted within clinical settings but rarely at places where patients are usually confronted with OCD symptom-provoking situations in daily life (eg, at home). Objective: This study aimed to investigate patients’ views on 1 ERP session at home via videoconference and its impact on treatment outcome. Methods: A total of 64 inpatients with OCD received 1 session of therapist-guided videoconference-based ERP at home in adjunction to a multimodal inpatient treatment between 2015 and 2020. Results: Compared with 64 age- and sex-matched controls who received a multimodal inpatient treatment without 1 session of videoconference-based ERP at home, patients who received 1 session of videoconference-based ERP in adjunction to a multimodal inpatient treatment showed stronger reductions in OCD symptom severity from admission to discharge. Before the videoconference-based ERP session, patients reported high rationale credibility and treatment expectancy. After the videoconference-based ERP session, patients reported medium-to-high positive mood as well as depth and smoothness of the session, and they perceived the working alliance as high. Conclusions: Results highlight the importance of administering therapist-guided ERP sessions in patients’ natural environment to enhance treatment response in OCD. Videoconference-based ERP as add-on to treatment as usual is, therefore, a promising approach to facilitate the application of ERP in patients’ natural environment and foster the generalization of ERP conducted in clinical settings.
KW - clinical setting
KW - environment
KW - exposure
KW - inpatient
KW - mood
KW - obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - OCD
KW - positive mood
KW - prevention
KW - response prevention
KW - therapist
KW - therapists
KW - therapy
KW - video
KW - videoconference
KW - videoconference-based treatment
KW - Psychology
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/39d88756-6289-3c79-8954-959fd47f1be0/
U2 - 10.2196/52790
DO - 10.2196/52790
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 38477970
AN - SCOPUS:85188118080
VL - 11
JO - JMIR Mental Health
JF - JMIR Mental Health
SN - 2368-7959
IS - 1
M1 - e52790
ER -