Trustworthy anonymization of sensitive data for remote consultations

Dear prospective survey participant, 

Thank you for your interest in our survey. 

This survey is part of the project VERANDA, where we aim to develop new software for video, audio and text chat anonymization, for use in remote psychotherapy. Our goal is to enable fully anonymous yet still highly effective psychotherapy for stigmatized groups. In this study, we want to understand the barriers different people face when accessing healthcare, particularly psychotherapy. For that purpose, we not only want to learn how we can help your patients overcome these barriers, but also want to ensure usability and effectiveness of therapy you give, by identifying requirements that must be met by such an anonymized solution. Therefore, we are very interested in your perspective as a therapist. 

The results of this survey will be automatically anonymized and hand-checked for anonymity. The anonymized results will be shared with our project partners (who you can read more about in the long version of this study information) for the development of the anonymization tools. The anonymized results will also be published in a scientific journal.

You can fill out this questionnaire on your computer as well as on your smartphone. For an optimal view of this survey, we recommend that you complete it on your computer in full screen mode. The survey will take 30 to 45 minutes. 

Participation criteria 

This survey is only accepting answers under the following criteria: 

• You are 18 years old or older. 
• You speak English or German.
• You work as a (psycho)therapist.

If you do not fulfill these criteria, we kindly ask you not to participate in this survey.