A systematic review and meta analysis on digital mental health interventions in inpatient settings

Autor: Alexander Diel, Isabel Carolin Schröter, Anna-Lena Frewer, Christoph Jansen, Anita Robitzsch, Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch, Martin Teufel, Alexander Bäuerle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Digital Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2398-6352
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-024-01252-z
Popis: 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.
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