Effectiveness and Acceptability of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Delivery Formats in Adults With Depression: A Network Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of acute depression. However, whether CBT can be effectively delivered in individual, group, telephone-administered, guided self-help, and unguided self-help formats remains unclear.

Objective

To examine the most effective delivery format for CBT via a network meta-analysis.

Data sources

A database updated yearly from PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. Literature search dates encompassed January 1, 1966, to January 1, 2018.

Study selection

Randomized clinical trials of CBT for adult depression. The 5 treatment formats were compared with each other and the control conditions (waiting list, care as usual, and pill placebo).

Data extraction and synthesis

SUBMITTER: Cuijpers P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583673 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature