Efficacy of Virtual Care for Depressive Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an epidemic of distress-related mental disorders such as depression, while simultaneously necessitating a shift to virtual domains of mental health care; yet, the evidence to support the use of virtual interventions is unclear.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of virtual interventions for depressive disorders by addressing three key questions: (1) Does virtual intervention provide better outcomes than no treatment or other control conditions (ie, waitlist, treatment as usual [TAU], or attention control)? (2) Does in-person intervention provide better outcomes than virtual intervention? (3) Does one type of virtual intervention provide better outcomes than another?

Methods

We searched the PubM

SUBMITTER: Schiller CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9871881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature