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    Is self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) harmful? An individual participant data meta-analysis

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    Karyotaki, E; Kemmeren, L; Riper, H; Twisk, J; Hoogendoorn, A; Kleiboer, A; Mira, A; Mackinnon, A; Meyer, B; Botella, C; ...
    Date
    2018-11-01
    Source Title
    Psychological Medicine
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    CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    MacKinnon, Andrew
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    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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    Karyotaki, E., Kemmeren, L., Riper, H., Twisk, J., Hoogendoorn, A., Kleiboer, A., Mira, A., Mackinnon, A., Meyer, B., Botella, C., Littlewood, E., Andersson, G., Christensen, H., Klein, J. P., Schroeder, J., Breton-Lopez, J., Scheider, J., Griffiths, K., Farrer, L. ,... Cuijpers, P. (2018). Is self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) harmful? An individual participant data meta-analysis. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 48 (15), pp.2456-2466. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000648.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253405
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    10.1017/S0033291718000648
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    BACKGROUND: Little is known about potential harmful effects as a consequence of self-guided internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT), such as symptom deterioration rates. Thus, safety concerns remain and hamper the implementation of self-guided iCBT into clinical practice. We aimed to conduct an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to determine the prevalence of clinically significant deterioration (symptom worsening) in adults with depressive symptoms who received self-guided iCBT compared with control conditions. Several socio-demographic, clinical and study-level variables were tested as potential moderators of deterioration. METHODS: Randomised controlled trials that reported results of self-guided iCBT compared with control conditions in adults with symptoms of depression were selected. Mixed effects models with participants nested within studies were used to examine possible clinically significant deterioration rates. RESULTS: Thirteen out of 16 eligible trials were included in the present IPD meta-analysis. Of the 3805 participants analysed, 7.2% showed clinically significant deterioration (5.8% and 9.1% of participants in the intervention and control groups, respectively). Participants in self-guided iCBT were less likely to deteriorate (OR 0.62, p < 0.001) compared with control conditions. None of the examined participant- and study-level moderators were significantly associated with deterioration rates. CONCLUSIONS: Self-guided iCBT has a lower rate of negative outcomes on symptoms than control conditions and could be a first step treatment approach for adult depression as well as an alternative to watchful waiting in general practice.

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