Which of the following would be used to assess whether mental health patients who received cognitive behavioural therapy via smart phones remain out of hospitals for longer periods of time.

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A longitudinal, comparative survey would be the best choice as it would track the same group of mental health patients over an extended period of time and compare those who received cognitive behavioural therapy via smartphones to those who did not. This would allow for an assessment of whether the therapy had an impact on the length of time patients stayed out of hospitals. A cross-sectional survey would only capture a snapshot in time and not track changes over time, and predictive and causative surveys are not appropriate for this type of assessment.

Which of the Following Would Be Used to Assess Whether