Cardiovascular Business June 25, 2020
Approximately one in four stroke survivors are affected by disabling anxiety, but there are currently no specific guidelines in place to help these individuals. Noting that face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be difficult for some stroke survivors, a team of researchers developed and implemented a self-help CBT intervention rooted in telemedicine, sharing its findings in Stroke.
“Remotely delivered CBT by internet, email, telephone, mobile text messaging, or video calling (telemedicine) makes it possible to centralize resources for staff, training, quality monitoring, and cross coverage of large geographic areas, reducing cost and improving access,” wrote lead author Ho-Yan Yvonne Chun, PhD, University of Edinburgh in the U.K., and colleagues. “Meta-analyses have demonstrated guided internet-based CBT is superior to waitlist control...
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