Online Self-Help as an Add-On to Inpatient Psychotherapy: Efficacy of a New Blended Treatment Approach
| Autor: | Zwerenz, Rüdiger, Becker, Jan, Knickenberg, Rudolf J., Siepmann, Martin, Hagen, Karin, Beutel, Manfred E. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Depression
Wirksamkeit stationäre Behandlung internetbasierte Behandlung Psychosomatische Medizin Psychotherapie randomisierte kontrollierte Studie Depression Efficacy Inpatient treatment Internet-based treatment Psychosomatic medicine Psychotherapy Randomized controlled trial info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610 ddc:610 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Článek |
| ISSN: | 0365-5822 1423-0348 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000481177 |
| Popis: | Background: Depression is one of the most frequent and costly mental disorders. While there is increasing evidence for the efficacy of online self-help to improve depression or prevent relapse, there is little evidence in blended care settings, especially combined with inpatient face-to-face psychotherapy. Therefore, we evaluated whether an evidencebased online self-help program improves the efficacy of inpatient psychotherapy. Methods: A total of 229 depressed patients were randomly allocated either to an online selfhelp program (intervention group [IG]; Deprexis) or an active control group (CG; weekly online information on depression) in addition to inpatient psychodynamic psychotherapy. Both groups had access to their respective experimental intervention for 12 weeks, regardless of inpatient treatment duration. Reduction of depressive symptoms, as measured with the Beck Depression Inventory-II, was the primary outcome at the end of the intervention (T2). Results: Depressive symptoms were statistically significantly lower in the IG compared to the active CG at T2 with a moderate betweengroup effect size of d = 0.44. The same applied to anxiety ( d = 0.33), quality of life ( d = 0.34), and self-esteem ( d = 0.38) at discharge from inpatient treatment (T1). No statistically significant differences were found regarding dysfunctional attitudes ( d = 0.14) and work ability ( d = 0.08) at T1. Conclusions: This is the first evidence for blended treatment combining online self-help with inpatient psychotherapy. The study opens new and promising avenues for increasing the efficacy of inpatient psychotherapy. Future studies should determine how integration of online self-help into the therapeutic process can be developed further. |
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