1. A systematic review and meta analysis on digital mental health interventions in inpatient settings.
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Diel, Alexander, Schröter, Isabel Carolin, Frewer, Anna-Lena, Jansen, Christoph, Robitzsch, Anita, Gradl-Dietsch, Gertraud, Teufel, Martin, and Bäuerle, Alexander
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MENTAL illness treatment ,EFFECT sizes (Statistics) ,MENTAL health services ,DATA analysis ,MEDICAL care ,DIGITAL health ,INTERNET ,HOSPITAL patients ,META-analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MEDLINE ,STATISTICS ,ONLINE information services ,QUALITY assurance ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,PUBLICATION bias - Abstract
E-mental health (EMH) interventions gain increasing importance in the treatment of mental health disorders. Their outpatient efficacy is well-established. However, research on EMH in inpatient settings remains sparse and lacks a meta-analytic synthesis. This paper presents a meta-analysis on the efficacy of EMH in inpatient settings. Searching multiple databases (PubMed, ScienceGov, PsycInfo, CENTRAL, references), 26 randomized controlled trial (RCT) EMH inpatient studies (n = 6112) with low or medium assessed risk of bias were included. A small significant total effect of EMH treatment was found (g = 0.3). The effect was significant both for blended interventions (g = 0.42) and post-treatment EMH-based aftercare (g = 0.29). EMH treatment yielded significant effects across different patient groups and types of therapy, and the effects remained stable post-treatment. The results show the efficacy of EMH treatment in inpatient settings. The meta-analysis is limited by the small number of included studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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