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The current study tested a moderated mediation model with short-term change in phobic anxiety mediating between treatment (IMI vs. face-to-face, F2F) and long-term change in activity and participation, and age of patients moderating this mediation. Participants (N = 142) were recruited from psychosomatic rehabilitation clinics and randomized into the IMI psychosomatic aftercare or F2F psychosomatic aftercare. Moderated mediation analyses were conducted using R software. Results showed that the long-term treatment effects of activity and participation (\u03b2c = \u22120.18, p = 0.034; \u03b2c\u2019 = \u22120.13, p = 0.145) were improved through the successful decrease of phobic anxiety (\u03b2a = \u22120.18, p = 0.047; \u03b2b = 0.37, p = 0.010). Older patients benefited equally from both IMI and F2F interventions regarding short-term treatment change in phobic anxiety, while younger participants benefited more from IMI (\u03b2Age*Treatment = 0.20, p = 0.004). 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