Defining and reporting treatment dropout in blended therapy for mental health: scoping review and analysis

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This scoping review examines how treatment dropout is defined and reported in blended mental health therapies that combine face-to-face sessions with digital components. The authors analyze 14 existing studies and apply five synthesized definitions to trial data to assess variations in dropout rates and their associations with clinical outcomes like depressive symptoms and anxiety. The resource is intended for researchers seeking to understand the impact of differing operational definitions on study comparability and interpretation.

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588eae53172d49ce
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PubMed Central
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Sophie Eicher (Freie Universität Berlin), Friederike Fenski (Psychologische Hochschule Berlin), Solveig Behr (Freie Universität Berlin), Leona Hammelrath (Freie Universität Berlin), Johanna Boettcher (Psychologische Hochschule Berlin), Carmen Schaeuffele (Freie Universität Berlin), Christine Knaevelsrud (Freie Universität Berlin)
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2026-03-17
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10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0
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@article{allodium:588eae53172d49ce,
  title = {Defining and reporting treatment dropout in blended therapy for mental health: scoping review and analysis},
  author = {Sophie Eicher and Friederike Fenski and Solveig Behr and Leona Hammelrath and Johanna Boettcher and Carmen Schaeuffele and Christine Knaevelsrud},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Defining and reporting treatment dropout in blended therapy for mental health: scoping review and analysis
AU  - Eicher, Sophie
AU  - Fenski, Friederike
AU  - Behr, Solveig
AU  - Hammelrath, Leona
AU  - Boettcher, Johanna
AU  - Schaeuffele, Carmen
AU  - Knaevelsrud, Christine
PY  - 2026
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0
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Eicher, S., Fenski, F., Behr, S., Hammelrath, L., Boettcher, J., Schaeuffele, C., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2026). Defining and reporting treatment dropout in blended therapy for mental health: scoping review and analysis. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02546-0

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