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SynthesisBMC medicine2009

Psychoeducation for depression, anxiety and psychological distress: a meta-analysis.

Tara Donker, Kathleen M Griffiths, Pim Cuijpers, Helen Christensen

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Synthesis in BMC medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04870723 (An International Multi-site, Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief eHealth Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Knowledge and Protective Behaviors, and Reduce Pandemic Stress Among Diverse LGBT+ People), which is not on this map. Cited by 169 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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169citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04870723 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

An International Multi-site, Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief eHealth Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Knowledge and Protective Behaviors, and Reduce Pandemic Stress Among Diverse LGBT+ People

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of TorontoRan2021 to 2022Enrolled853ConditionsCovid19ArmseHealth for Covid-19 prevention and support
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

169 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 523 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tara DonkerDepartment of Clinical Psychology, VU University, van der Boechorstraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands. t.donker@psy.vu.nl
Kathleen M Griffiths
Pim Cuijpers
Helen Christensen
Australian National University · AUAmsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the high prevalence and burden associated with depression and anxiety disorders and the existence of treatment barriers, there is a clear need for brief, inexpensive and effective interventions such as passive psychoeducational interventions. There are no published meta-analyses of the effectiveness of passive psychoeducation in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety or psychological distress.

methodsCochrane, PsycInfo and PubMed databases were searched in September 2008. Additional materials were obtained from reference lists. Papers describing passive psychoeducational interventions for depression, anxiety and psychological distress were included if the research design was a randomized controlled trial and incorporated an attention placebo, no intervention or waitlist comparison group.

resultsIn total, 9010 abstracts were identified. Of these, five papers which described four research studies targeting passive psychoeducation for depression and psychological distress met the inclusion criteria. The pooled standardized-effect size (four studies, four comparisons) for reduced symptoms of depression and psychological distress at post-intervention was d = 0.20 (95% confidence interval: 0.01-0.40; Z = 2.04; P = 0.04; the number needed to treat: 9). Heterogeneity was not significant among the studies (I2 = 32.77, Q:4.46; P = 0.22).

conclusionsAlthough it is commonly believed that psychoeducation interventions are ineffective, this meta-analysis revealed that brief passive psychoeducational interventions for depression and psychological distress can reduce symptoms. Brief passive psychoeducation interventions are easy to implement, can be applied immediately and are not expensive. They may offer a first-step intervention for those experiencing psychological distress or depression and might serve as an initial intervention in primary care or community models. The findings suggest that the quality of psychoeducation may be important.

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PsychotherapyAnxietyDepressive DisorderHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStress, Psychological

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