App-Based Interventions for Moderate to Severe Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mobile mental health applications (apps) for moderate to severe depression are proliferating, likely owing to their capacity to overcome the limitations of conventional psychotherapy, but research on the potential moderators of treatment efficacy is lacking.

Objective

To examine the treatment efficacy associated with mobile app interventions for moderate to severe depression and identify the potential moderators associated with better treatment outcomes.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched from their inception to January 22, 2023.

Study selection

Only randomized clinical trials evaluating mobile app treatments in adults with moderate to severe depression that published their results in English were included in the analysis.

Dat

SUBMITTER: Bae H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660171 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature