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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Efficacy of a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for the Prevention of Depression in Nonprofessional Caregivers Administered through a Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fernando L Vázquez, Vanessa Blanco, Isabel Hita, Ángela J Torres, Patricia Otero, Mario Páramo, Mar Salmerón

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fernando L VázquezDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5868-4025
Vanessa BlancoDepartment of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6277-0671
Isabel HitaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Ángela J TorresDepartment of Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Rúa de San Francisco, s/n, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Patricia OteroDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Studies, Campus de Elviña, s/n, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8283-7722
Mario PáramoPsychiatry Service, University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, R/ Ramón Baltar, s/n, Galician Health Service [SERGAS], 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Mar SalmerónDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela · ESServicio Gallego de Salud · ESUniversidade da Coruña · ES

Funding

Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Project PSI2016-79041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the limited availability of in-person interventions for caregivers, the development of effective programs that use new technologies to prevent depression is needed. The goal of this research was to assess the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention for the prevention of depression, administered to nonprofessional caregivers through a smartphone application (app). One hundred and seventy-five caregivers were randomly assigned to either an app-based cognitive behavioral intervention (CBIA), the CBIA intervention plus a telephone conference call (CBIA + CC), or an attention control group (ACG). At post-intervention, the incidence of depression was lower in the CBIA and CBIA + CC compared to the ACG (1.7% and 0.0% vs. 7.9%, respectively). The absolute risk, relative risk, and number needed to treat compared to the ACG were 6.2%, 21.6%, and 16 for the CBIA, whilst they were 8%, 0.0%, and 13 for the CBIA + CC. Depressive symptomatology was significantly lower in the CBIA and CBIA + CC compared to the ACG (

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appcaregivercognitive behavioraldepressionpreventionrandomized controlled trialsmartphone

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PMID37762813
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