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Enhancing inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment with online self-help: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Rüdiger Zwerenz, Jan Becker, Rudolf J Knickenberg, Karin Hagen, Michael Dreier, Klaus Wölfling, Manfred E Beutel

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Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02196896 (Enhancing Inpatient Psychotherapeutic Treatment With Online Self Help in a Randomised Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Enhancing Inpatient Psychotherapeutic Treatment With Online Self Help in a Randomised Controlled Trial: Acceptance and Efficacy

TypeinterventionalSponsorJohannes Gutenberg University MainzRan2014 to 2016Enrolled229ConditionsDepressionArmsdeprexis®, Information
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  4. E-Mental Health Interventions in Inpatient Care: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rüdiger ZwerenzDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany. ruediger.zwerenz@unimedizin-mainz.de.
Jan BeckerDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany. jan.becker@unimedizin-mainz.de.
Rudolf J KnickenbergClinic for Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Rhön-Klinikum AG, Salzburger Leite 1, 97616 Bad, Neustadt/Saale, Germany. knickenberg.ca@psychosomatische-klinik-bad-neustadt.de.
Karin HagenClinic for Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Rhön-Klinikum AG, Salzburger Leite 1, 97616 Bad, Neustadt/Saale, Germany. Karin.Hagen@psychosomatische-klinik-bad-neustadt.de.
Michael DreierDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany. Michael.Dreier@uni-mainz.de.
Klaus WölflingDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany. woelfling@uni-mainz.de.
Manfred E BeutelDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Mainz, Germany. manfred.beutel@unimedizin-mainz.de.
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DERhön-Klinikum · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression is one of the most debilitating and costly mental disorders. There is increasing evidence for the efficacy of online self-help in alleviating depression. Knowledge regarding the options of combining online self-help with inpatient psychotherapy is still limited. Therefore, we plan to evaluate an evidence-based self-help program (deprexis®; Gaia AG, Hamburg, Germany) to improve the efficacy of inpatient psychotherapy and to maintain treatment effects in the aftercare period. METHODS/

designDepressed patients (n = 240) with private internet access aged between 18 and 65 are recruited during psychosomatic inpatient treatment. Participants are randomized to an intervention or control group at the beginning of inpatient treatment. The intervention group (n = 120) is offered an online self-help program with 12 weekly tasks, beginning during the inpatient treatment. The control group (n = 120) obtains access to an online platform with weekly updated information on depression for the same duration. Assessments are conducted at the beginning (T0) and the end of inpatient treatment (T1), at the end of intervention (T2) and 6 months after randomization (T3). The primary outcome is the depression score measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II at T2. Secondary outcome measures include anxiety, self-esteem, quality of life, dysfunctional cognitions and work ability. DISCUSSION: We expect the intervention group to benefit from additional online self-help during inpatient psychotherapy and to maintain the benefits during follow-up. This could be an important approach to develop future concepts of inpatient psychotherapy.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02196896 (registered on 16 July 2014).

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AdolescentAdultAgedClinical ProtocolsDepressionFemaleGermanyHumansInpatientsInternetMaleMiddle AgedPsychotherapyResearch DesignSelf CareTherapy, Computer-Assisted

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PMID25872505
PMCPMC4376072
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