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SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2015

The potential of technology-based psychological interventions for anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a systematic review and recommendations for future research.

Sandra Schlegl, Carolina Bürger, Luise Schmidt, Nirmal Herbst, Ulrich Voderholzer

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Synthesis in Journal of medical Internet research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03197519 (Evaluation of a Treatment Program for Eating Disorders That Combines Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Treatment With an Online Intervention Using the TCapp Application, Within the Framework of Broader Research Project Entitled mHealth), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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NCT03197519 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of a Treatment Program for Eating Disorders That Combines Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Treatment With an Online Intervention Using the TCapp Application, Within the Framework of Broader Research Project Entitled mHealth: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitat Oberta de CatalunyaRan2017 to 2018Enrolled108ConditionsmHealth, Eating DisorderArmsTCApp, TAU
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sandra SchleglDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Munich, München, Germany. sandra.schlegl@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-7379
Carolina BürgerORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-0107
Luise SchmidtORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-2791
Nirmal HerbstORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-7027
Ulrich VoderholzerORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0261-3145

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies have shown an unmet need in the treatment of eating disorders. In the last decade, interest in technology-based interventions (TBIs) (including computer- and Internet-based interventions [CBIs] or mobile interventions) for providing evidence-based therapies to individuals with different mental disorders has increased.

objectiveThe aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the potential of TBIs in the field of eating disorders, namely for anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), for both prevention and treatment, and also for carers of eating disorder patients.

methodsA systematic literature search was conducted using Medline and PsycINFO. Bibliographies of retrieved articles were also reviewed without date or study type restrictions.

resultsForty studies resulting in 45 publications reporting outcomes fulfilled the inclusion criteria: 22 randomized controlled trials, 2 controlled studies, and 16 uncontrolled studies. In total, 3646 patients were included. Overall, the studies provided evidence for the efficacy of guided CBIs, especially for BN patients and for compliant patients. Furthermore, videoconferencing also appeared to be a promising approach. Evaluation results of Internet-based prevention of eating disorders and Internet-based programs for carers of eating disorder patients were also encouraging. Finally, there was preliminary evidence for the efficacy of mobile interventions.

conclusionsTBIs may be an additional way of delivering evidence-based treatments to eating disorder patients and their use is likely to increase in the near future. TBIs may also be considered for the prevention of eating disorders and to support carers of eating disorder patients. Areas of future research and important issues such as guidance, therapeutic alliance, and dissemination are discussed.

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InternetAdolescentAdultAnorexiaBiomedical TechnologyBulimia NervosaHumansPsychotherapyYoung Adultanorexia nervosabulimia nervosacognitive behavioral therapycomputersInternetmobile phone

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PMID25840591
PMCPMC4397416

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