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Familiarity with and intentions to use internet delivered mental health treatments among older rural adults

dc.contributor.author Handley, Tonelle en_US
dc.contributor.author Perkins, David en_US
dc.contributor.author Kay-Lambkin, Frances en_US
dc.contributor.author Lewin, Terry en_US
dc.contributor.author Kelly, Brian en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T12:30:47Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T12:30:47Z
dc.date.issued 2014 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objectives: Older adults are the fastest growing age group in Australia, necessitating an increase in appropriate mental health services in the coming years. While Internet-delivered mental health treatments have been established as acceptable and efficacious among younger samples, little research has explored whether they would be similarly useful in older populations. Methods: The participants were part of the Australian Rural Mental Health study, which explores mental health and well-being in residents of non-metropolitan New South Wales. A postal survey was used to assess knowledge of and intentions to use Internet-delivered mental health treatments. Demographics, mental health, and frequency of Internet use were also measured. Results: The survey was completed by 950 adults aged 50–93. The sample was largely unfamiliar with Internet mental health services, with 75% reporting that they had never heard of them and a further 20% not knowing any details of what they involved. Intentions to use these services were also low, at 13.5%; however, this increased with level of familiarity. Respondents with higher psychological distress, higher education, and more frequent Internet use were significantly more likely to consider using Internet treatments. Conclusions: Among older adults, overall awareness of Internet-delivered mental health treatments appears to be limited; however, higher familiarity contributes to higher intentions to use these treatments. Importantly, respondents with higher distress and greater computer literacy were more likely to consider mental health treatments delivered via the Internet. Future research exploring strategies to increase the promotion of these services to older samples may further improve their perceptions and use. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1360-7863 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/54017
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other rural en_US
dc.subject.other internet treatment en_US
dc.subject.other mental health en_US
dc.subject.other older adults en_US
dc.title Familiarity with and intentions to use internet delivered mental health treatments among older rural adults en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.981744 en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Aging and Mental Health en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Handley, Tonelle, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Perkins, David en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kay-Lambkin, Frances, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Lewin, Terry en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kelly, Brian en_US
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