A computer-assisted depression intervention in primary care

Abstract

The evidence supports the conclusion that the WW intervention added benefit to traditional care for depression. No placebo comparison group was included and the WW+TAU participants received slightly more attention (a supportive telephone contact, ≤ 5 min from a psychologist 2 weeks after receiving the program). Overall, the findings add support to the accumulating evidence for the potential clinical benefit of computer-assisted behavioral health interventions.

Is behavioural activation effective in the treatment of depression in young people? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…After relevance checking was independently conducted, 10 papers were deemed eligible for inclusion (Figure ). Reasons for exclusion of the other 32 included <90% of the sample aged 18 or below ( n = 13; Armento, ; Armento, McNulty, & Hopko, ; Gawrysiak, Nicholas, & Hopko, ; Harmon, Nelson, & Hayes, ; Levin et al ., ; Ly et al ., ; Mohammadi, Birashk, & Gharaie, ; Moradveisi, Huibers, Renner, Arasteh, & Arntz, ; Parker et al ., ; Proudfoot et al ., ; Shaw, ; Takagaki et al ., ; Velayudhan, Gayatridevi, & Bhattacharjee, ), treatments not meeting the criteria to be regarded as BA ( n = 15; Bilek & Ehrenreich‐May, ; Brent, Kolko, Birmaher, Baugher, & Bridge, ; Brent et al ., , ; Chu, Hoffman, Johns, Reyes‐Portillo, & Hansford, ; Dundon, ; Esposito, ; Ettelson, ; Kauer et al ., ; Landback et al ., ; Merry, McDowell, Wild, Bir, & Cunliffe, ; Nystedt, ; Reid et al ., ; Sobowale et al ., ; Van Voorhees et al ., ), being an ongoing study with currently unreported results ( n = 1; C. E. W. Kitchen, D. Ekers, P. A. Tiffin, & S. Lewis, Personal communication) or examining a sample which had not received a diagnosis of depression at baseline ( n = 3; Davidson et al ., ; Pass, Brisco, & Reynolds, ; Reynolds, Macpherson, Tull, Baruch, & Lejuez, ).…”

“…After relevance checking was independently conducted, 10 papers were deemed eligible for inclusion ( Figure 1). Reasons for exclusion of the other 32 included <90% of the sample aged 18 or below (n = 13; Armento, 2011;Armento, McNulty, & Hopko, 2012;Gawrysiak, Nicholas, & Hopko, 2009;Harmon, Nelson, & Hayes, 1980;Levin et al, 2010;Ly et al, 2014;Mohammadi, Birashk, & Gharaie, 2013;Moradveisi, Huibers, Renner, Arasteh, & Arntz, 2013;Parker et al, 2011;Proudfoot et al, 2013;Shaw, 1977;Takagaki et al, 2013;Velayudhan, Gayatridevi, & Bhattacharjee, 2010), treatments not meeting the criteria to be regarded as BA (n = 15;…”

Effect of treatments for depression on quality of life: a meta-analysis

“… Note: Control conditions for pre-post controlled effect sizes were as follows: Dobkin et al, (2011) – clinical monitoring; Qiu et al, (2013) – waitlist; Johansson et al, (2012) – online discussion group; Levin et al, (2011) – treatment as usual; Nicolau et al (2013) – attention control; Paile-Hyvärinen et al, (2003) – placebo; Trivedi et al (2004) – placebo; Demyttenaere et al, (2008) – placebo. * Used Paroxetine CR; + Not included in combined group analysis due to being an outlier. …”

A Review Article on Internet-based Psychological Interventions in Primary Care. What is the Global Experience? How Reliable are Results from RCTs? Lessons Learned from the European, US and Australian Case Studies

“…The programme was used by 72 participants for an average of 2.9 weeks. (Levin et al, 2011) In the study by Berger et al (2017), the mean number of completed modules of the Velibra programme was 3.9. Thirty-two participants (45.7%) completed all six modules of the programme.…”

“…Only 10% of participants reported adverse events. (Kivi et al, 2014) In addition to treatment-as-usual, a supported Wellness Workshop CD-ROM programme was provided for 100 participants in the study by Levin et al (2011). After two weeks, participants received a brief telephone call from the psychologist, but 27 participants did not start the program.…”