Exploring the efficacy of psychological treatments for depression: a multiverse meta-analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the past four decades, over 700 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and 80 meta-analyses have examined the efficacy of psychological treatments for depression. Overwhelming evidence suggests that all types of psychological treatments are effective. Yet, many aspects are still unexplored. Meta-analysts could perform hundreds of potential meta-analyses with the current literature, and a comprehensive bird's-eye view of all published studies is missing. This protocol outlines how a multiverse meta-analysis can evaluate the entire body of the literature on psychological treatments of depression in a single analysis. Thereby, gaps of evidence and areas of robustness are highlighted.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct systematic literature searches in bibliograph

SUBMITTER: Plessen CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796219 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature