Adherence to Internet-based and face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) is an effective and acceptable treatment for depression, especially when it includes guidance, but its treatment adherence has not yet been systematically studied. We conducted a meta-analysis, comparing the adherence to guided iCBT with the adherence to individual face-to-face CBT.

Methods

Studies were selected from a database of trials that investigate treatment for adult depression (see www.evidencebasedpsychotherapies.org), updated to January 2013. We identified 24 studies describing 26 treatment conditions (14 face-to-face CBT, 12 guided iCBT), by means of these inclusion criteria: targeting depressed adults, no comorbid somatic disorder or substance abuse, community recruitment, published in the year 2000 o

SUBMITTER: van Ballegooijen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4100736 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature