Internet‐based cognitive behaviour therapy and physical exercise – Effects studied by automated telephone assessments in mental ill‐health patients; a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy and physical exercise proved to be effective treatment alternatives for mental ill-health patients in primary care. Automated techniques (Interactive Voice Response) could be useful for following treatment course in large groups of patients in the health care. It is important to use measures that capture different aspects of patients' health problems. The recruitment of participants was based on patients' interest and inclusion criteria which may have affect the generalizability.

Does exercise improve sleep quality in individuals with mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Studies with multiple exercise interventions groups (e.g. aerobic training group vs resistance training group vs control), the exercise or 'active' intervention groups (Herring et al, 2015;Strid et al, 2016) were pooled for analysis as per Cochrane Handbook (table 7.7a) recommendations (Higgins and Green, 2005). For studies reporting separate sleep data for weekends/ weekdays, weekday data were analysed.…”

“…Of the included studies, three studies were conducted in the United States (Field et al, 2013;Lavretsky et al, 2011;Singh et al, 1997), and one in Australia (Rosenbaum et al, 2015), Sweden (Strid et al, 2016), Ireland (Herring et al, 2015), Norway (Flemmen et al, 2014) and Switzerland (Colledge et al, 2017). and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) (N = 2) were the two most frequently used tools with the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire (KSQ) and Snyder-Halpern R, Verran (1987) subjective sleep questionnaire (SSQ) each used in a single study.…”

“…and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) (N = 2) were the two most frequently used tools with the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire (KSQ) and Snyder-Halpern R, Verran (1987) subjective sleep questionnaire (SSQ) each used in a single study. Sleep was assessed as a primary outcome in three of the eight included studies (Herring et al, 2015, Singh et al, 1997, Strid et al, 2016.…”

“…Results of these studies suggests for patients with depression, simply increasing physical activity levels regardless of the intensity or modality may have equally positive effects on sleep quality and depressive symptoms. Strid et al, (2016) was the largest study included in this review and the only one to include patients with a primary diagnosis of depression and a range of co-morbid DSM-IV mental illnesses (i.e. Depression, GAD, PTSD, agoraphobia and panic syndrome).…”

The effects of component‐specific treatment compliance in individually tailored internet‐based treatment

“…For a description of the TAIL treatment, please see Table and a description in the supplementary material of a previous paper about the REGASSA study (Kraepelien et al, ). TAIL was more effective than treatment as usual in reducing symptoms of depression (Hallgren et al, ) as well as in improving psychological functioning and sleep (Strid, Andersson, Forsell, Öjehagen, & Lundh, ). TAIL is likely a cost‐effective treatment alternative from a health care perspective (Kraepelien et al, ) but did not reduce the participants' sick‐leave status compared with treatment as usual (Kaldo et al, ).…”