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Table 2 The iCBTa program, modules, themes, and content

From: Exercise therapy, education, and cognitive behavioral therapy alone, or in combination with total knee arthroplasty, in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized feasibility study

Module

Theme

Content

1

Getting started

Introduction

Port control theory

Relaxation technique

2

Goals for the recovery

Five key elements important for coping with pain

FAQb about exercise and activity

Goals for recovery

3

Stress and pain

Change habits

Stress and pain

Locus of control

4

Lifestyle

How type of lifestyle can contribute to the symptoms

Safety behaviour

5

Identifying automatic thoughts

Thinking errors

Automatic thoughts

The inner dialogue

6

Creating alternative thoughts

Twelve common thinking errors

Generating alternative thoughts

7

Be more mindful

Default mode network and mental habits

Focused attention

8

Selective attention

How to be more mindful

Selective attention

Unhelpful assumptions

9

Postponing worry and rumination

Worry and rumination

How to make a postponement log

10

What’s next?

Summary

What have you learned?

Learning modules for physiotherapists:

 

11

Basic CBTc for physiotherapists

Key elements for CBT

12

Talking to the patients

Motivational Interviewing techniques

  1. aiCBT=internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy
  2. biCBT=internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy
  3. cCBT=cognitive behavioral therapy