An Internet-Based Intervention for Depression in Primary Care in Spain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is the most prevalent cause of illness-induced disability worldwide. Face-to-face psychotherapeutic interventions for depression can be challenging, so there is a need for other alternatives that allow these interventions to be offered. One feasible alternative is Internet-based psychological interventions. This is the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effectiveness of an Internet-based intervention on depression in primary health care in Spain.

Objective

Our aim was to compare the effectiveness of a low-intensity therapist-guided (LITG) Internet-based program and a completely self-guided (CSG) Internet-based program with improved treatment as usual (iTAU) care for depression.

Methods

Multicenter, three-arm, parallel, RCT design, car

SUBMITTER: Montero-Marin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018101 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature