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Randomized controlled trial of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive symptoms: effectiveness and costs of a workplace intervention.
- Source :
- Psychological Medicine; Mar2014, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p741-752, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background. Depression and anxiety are major causes of absence from work and underperformance in the workplace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be effective in treating such problems and online versions offer many practical advantages. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of a computerized CBT intervention (MoodGYM) in a workplace context. Method. The study was a phase III two-arm, parallel randomized controlled trial whose main outcome was total score on the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). Depression, anxiety, psychological functioning, costs and acceptability of the online process were also measured. Most data were collected online for 637 participants at baseline, 359 at 6 weeks marking the end of the intervention and 251 participants at 12 weeks post-baseline. Results. In both experimental and control groups depression scores improved over 6 weeks but attrition was high. There was no evidence for a difference in the average treatment effect of MoodGYM on the WSAS, nor for a difference in any of the secondary outcomes. Conclusions. This study found no evidence that MoodGYM was superior to informational websites in terms of psychological outcomes or service use, although improvement to subthreshold levels of depression was seen in nearly half the patients in both groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANXIETY treatment
MENTAL depression
COGNITIVE therapy
CONFIDENCE intervals
INDUSTRIAL hygiene
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
COMPUTERS in medicine
HEALTH outcome assessment
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SELF-evaluation
TELEPHONES
THERAPEUTICS
WORK environment
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
TREATMENT effectiveness
BLIND experiment
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL models
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00332917
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychological Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94515207
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291713001323