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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 May 21;43:105–113. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.05.013

Table 1.

Overview of Telehealth Behavioral Treatment (TBT) and Education Only (EO) session content

Week TBT EO
6 Session 1: IBD education delivered via TEAM website
7 Skype™ technology testing Skype™ technology testing
8 Session 2: Parental monitoring of adherence, introduction to adherence monitoring, use of problem solving approach to overcome barriers to adherence Session 2: Review of adolescent’s specific medication regimen. Tailored discussion of medication regimen including mechanism of action within the body and potential side effects
9 Telephone check in of family’s progress Follow-up email of previous session materials and links to related educational materials
10 Session 3: Functional analysis of family’s specific barriers to adherence, discussion of organizational tools to improve adherence, problem solving of one adherence barrier Session 3: Discussion of local and national resources available to patients with IBD via the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
11 Telephone check in of family’s progress Follow-up email of previous session materials and links to related educational materials
12 Session 4: Transition of IBD treatment responsibility from the parent to the adolescent, maintenance of adherence gains, problem solving one future barrier to adherence Session 4: Education on the role of healthy lifestyle habits (i.e., nutrition, hydration, sleep, and exercise) as part of a comprehensive IBD management approach