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A systematic review and meta analysis on digital mental health interventions in inpatient settings.
- Source :
- NPJ Digital Medicine; 9/17/2024, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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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]
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23986352
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- NPJ Digital Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179690436
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01252-z