Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2011
The effect of telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy on quality of life among patients with multiple sclerosis.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Telehealth-Based Treatments for Depression in Adults: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- [Telephone assistance for neurological diseases: a systematic review].Revista de neurologia · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological Interventions for People with Huntington's Disease: A Call to Arms.Journal of Huntington's disease · 2020Pooled it
- Information provision for people with multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Sustained Clinical Improvement in a Subset of Patients With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific T Cell Therapy.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Effects of Teleassistance on the Quality of Life of People With Rare Neuromuscular Diseases According to Their Degree of Disability.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- The Use of Digital and Remote Communication Technologies as a Tool for Multiple Sclerosis Management: Narrative Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2018Article
- The Efficacy of Psychological Interventions for Managing Fatigue in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Cost-effectiveness of nurse-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) compared to supportive listening (SL) for adjustment to multiple sclerosis.Health economics review · 2017Article
- Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy Reduces Stress and Improves the Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
- [Multiple sclerosis : rehabilitation and long-term course].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2014Review
- Using existing data to identify candidate items for a health state classification system in multiple sclerosis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Co-occurring depression and pain in multiple sclerosis.Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2013Review
- Do generic utility measures capture what is important to the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis?Health and quality of life outcomes · 2013Article
- Structural equation modeling of factors contributing to quality of life in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.BMC neurology · 2013Article
- Longitudinal changes in quality of life and related psychosocial variables in australians with multiple sclerosis.International journal of MS care · 2013Article
- Rehabilitation interventions in multiple sclerosis: an overview.Journal of neurology · 2012Review
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Abstract
backgroundPast research has found that a variety of physical, psychological, and social factors can affect quality of life (QOL). These previous findings suggest that interventions that address these factors could potentially improve QOL. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can improve QOL, and if so, explore which factors might mediate this effect.
methodsThis is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. One hundred twenty-seven participants with multiple sclerosis and depression were randomly assigned to either a telephone-administered CBT (T-CBT) or telephone-administered supportive emotion-focused therapy (T-SEFT) intervention.
resultsPatients assigned to T-CBT showed significantly greater improvements in QOL compared with those assigned to T-SEFT. The greater improvement in QOL among T-CBT recipients was mediated by improvements in depression and positive affect. There was also inconsistent support for the superior effect of CBT on QOL being mediated by improvement in fatigue.
conclusionsT-CBT provided greater QOL benefits compared with T-SEFT, which controlled for non-specific treatment components. This study further suggests that T-CBT procedures specific to the management of depression and positive affect were uniquely useful in improving QOL.
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