Attrition and Adherence in a Web-Based Distress Management Program for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients (WEBCARE): Randomized Controlled Trial

Mirela Habibović   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Pim Cuijpers   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Marco Alings   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Pepijn van der Voort   ⁴ , MD ;   Dominic Theuns   ⁵ , PhD ;   Leon Bouwels   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Jean-Paul Herrman   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Suzanne Valk   ⁸ , MD ;   Susanne Pedersen   ^{1, 5, 9, 10 *} , PhD

¹ Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

² Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

³ Department of Cardiology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Cardiology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands

⁷ Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁸ Department of Cardiology, Vlietland Hospital, Schiedam, Netherlands

⁹ Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark

¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

*these authors contributed equally