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Trial reportPsychological medicine2014

Randomized controlled trial of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive symptoms: effectiveness and costs of a workplace intervention.

R Phillips, J Schneider, I Molosankwe, M Leese, P Sarrami Foroushani, P Grime, P McCrone, R Morriss, G Thornicroft

Open access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychological medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Digital interventions in mental health: evidence syntheses and economic modelling.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022
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  11. Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

R PhillipsInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
J SchneiderInstitute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
I MolosankweInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
M LeeseInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
P Sarrami ForoushaniUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
P GrimeCambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
P McCroneInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
R MorrissInstitute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
G ThornicroftInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
King's College London · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBInstitute of Mental Health · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

Department of Health NF-SI-0611-10053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression and anxiety are major causes of absence from work and underperformance in the workplace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be effective in treating such problems and online versions offer many practical advantages. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of a computerized CBT intervention (MoodGYM) in a workplace context.

methodThe study was a phase III two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial whose main outcome was total score on the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). Depression, anxiety, psychological functioning, costs and acceptability of the online process were also measured. Most data were collected online for 637 participants at baseline, 359 at 6 weeks marking the end of the intervention and 251 participants at 12 weeks post-baseline.

resultsIn both experimental and control groups depression scores improved over 6 weeks but attrition was high. There was no evidence for a difference in the average treatment effect of MoodGYM on the WSAS, nor for a difference in any of the secondary outcomes.

conclusionsThis study found no evidence that MoodGYM was superior to informational websites in terms of psychological outcomes or service use, although improvement to subthreshold levels of depression was seen in nearly half the patients in both groups.

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Social AdjustmentAdultCognitive Behavioral TherapyCosts and Cost AnalysisDepressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInternetMaleMiddle AgedOccupational HealthPatient Education as TopicReproducibility of ResultsStress, PsychologicalTreatment Outcome

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PMID23795621
PMCPMC3898729
OpenAlexW2141180159

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