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Self-Guided Psychological Treatment for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis

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  • Pim Cuijpers
  • Tara Donker
  • Robert Johansson
  • David C Mohr
  • Annemieke van Straten
  • Gerhard Andersson

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Background: A number of trials have examined the effects of self-guided psychological intervention, without any contact between the participants and a therapist or coach. The results and sizes of these trials have been mixed. This is the first quantitative meta-analysis, aimed at organizing and evaluating the literature, and estimating effect size. Method: We conducted systematic literature searches in PubMed, PsycINFO and Embase up to January 2010, and identified additional studies through earlier meta-analyses, and the references of included studies. We identified seven randomized controlled trials that met our inclusion criteria, with a total of 1,362 respondents. The overall quality of the studies was high. A post-hoc power calculation showed that the studies had sufficient statistical power to detect an effect size of d = 0.19. Results: The overall mean effect size indicating the difference between self-guided psychological treatment and control groups at post-test was d = 0.28 (p

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  • Pim Cuijpers & Tara Donker & Robert Johansson & David C Mohr & Annemieke van Straten & Gerhard Andersson, 2011. "Self-Guided Psychological Treatment for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(6), pages 1-7, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0021274
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021274
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    1. Pablo Romero-Sanchiz & Raquel Nogueira-Arjona & Antonio García-Ruiz & Juan V Luciano & Javier García Campayo & Margalida Gili & Cristina Botella & Rosa Baños & Adoración Castro & Yolanda López-Del-Hoy, 2017. "Economic evaluation of a guided and unguided internet-based CBT intervention for major depression: Results from a multi-center, three-armed randomized controlled trial conducted in primary care," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-15, February.
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