Clinical and cost-effectiveness of remote-delivered, online lifestyle therapy versus psychotherapy for reducing depression: results from the CALM non-inferiority, randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We conducted the first non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial to determine whether lifestyle therapy is non-inferior to psychotherapy with respect to mental health outcomes and costs when delivered via online videoconferencing.

Methods

An individually randomised, group treatment design with computer-generated block randomisation was used. Between May 2021-April 2022, 182 adults with a Distress Questionnaire-5 score = ≥8 (indicative depression) were recruited from a tertiary mental health service in regional Victoria, Australia and surrounds. Participants were assigned to six 90-min sessions over 8-weeks using group-based, online videoconferencing comprising: (1) lifestyle therapy (targeting nutrition, physical activity) with a dietitian and exercise physiolo

SUBMITTER: O'Neil A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature