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ArticleInternet interventions2022

Component analysis of a synchronous and asynchronous blended care CBT intervention for symptoms of depression and anxiety: Pragmatic retrospective study.

Anita Lungu, Robert E Wickham, Shih-Yin Chen, Janie J Jun, Yan Leykin, Connie E-J Chen

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Article in Internet interventions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Anita LunguLyra Health, 287 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA.
Robert E WickhamDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011.
Shih-Yin ChenLyra Health, 287 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA.
Janie J JunLyra Health, 287 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA.
Yan LeykinPalo Alto University, Department of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Connie E-J ChenLyra Health, 287 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA.

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Background: Depression and anxiety are leading causes of disability worldwide. Though effective treatments exist, depression and anxiety remain undertreated. Blended care psychotherapy, combining the scalability of online interventions with the personalization and engagement of a live therapist, is a promising approach for increasing access to evidence-based care. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness and individual contribution of two components - i) digital tools and ii) video-based therapist-led sessions - in a blended care CBT-based intervention under real world conditions. Methods: A retrospective cohort design was used to analyze N = 1372 US-based individuals who enrolled in blended care psychotherapy. Of these, at baseline, 761 participants had depression symptoms in the clinical range (based on PHQ-9), and 1254 had anxiety symptoms in the clinical range (based on GAD-7). Participants had access to the program as a mental health benefit offered by their employer. The CBT-based blended care psychotherapy program consisted of regular video sessions with therapists, complemented by digital lessons and digital exercises assigned by the clinician and completed in between sessions. Depression and anxiety levels and clients' treatment engagement were tracked throughout treatment. A 3-level individual growth curve model incorporating time-varying covariates was utilized to examine symptom trajectories of PHQ-9 scores (for those with clinical range of depression at baseline) and GAD-7 scores (for those with clinical range of anxiety at baseline). Results: On average, individuals exhibited a significant decline in depression and anxiety symptoms during the initial weeks of treatment ( Conclusions: Therapist-led video sessions and digital lessons had separate contributions to improvements in symptoms of depression and anxiety over the course of treatment. Future research should investigate whether clients' characteristics are related to differential effects of therapist-led and digital components of care.

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AnxietyBlended care psychotherapyCBT/cognitive behavior therapyComponent analysisDepressionVideo psychotherapy

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PMCPMC9011163

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