Anxiety: There is an app for that. A systematic review of anxiety apps: SUCALA et al.
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BACKGROUND: Smartphones and mobile devices have become ubiquitous, and with the rapid advance of technology, the number of health applications (apps) that are available for consumers on these devices is constantly growing. In particular, there has been a recent proliferation of anxiety apps. However, there has been no review of the quality or content of these anxiety apps and little is known about their purpose, the features they contain, and their empirical support. The goal of this systematic review was to assess the commercially available anxiety apps. METHODS: A list of anxiety apps was collected in January 2017, using the Power Search function of iTunes and Google Play. Of 5,078 identified apps, 52 met our inclusion criteria (i.e., being defined as an anxiety/worry relief app, and offering psychological techniques aimed primarily at reducing anxiety) and were further reviewed. RESULTS: The majority (67.3%) of the currently available anxiety apps were found to lack the involvement of health care professionals in their development, and very few (3.8%) of them have been rigorously tested. CONCLUSIONS: At the moment, although anxiety apps have the potential to enhance access to mental health care, there is a marked discrepancy between the wealth of commercially available apps, and the paucity of data regarding their efficacy and effectiveness. Although the great promise of apps is their ability to increasing access to evidence-based mental health, the field is not quite there yet and the full potential of apps for treating anxiety has yet to be exploited.
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Numerous mobile apps aiming at managing depression and anxiety symptoms are available, but most have not been rigorously designed and tested, though there is some promising evidence of their effectiveness.
“Numerous mobile apps aiming at managing depression and anxiety symptoms are also available. Although most of them have not been rigorously designed and tested, there is some promising evidence of their effectiveness that needs to be validated [33–35]”
From Mobile Apps for the Management of Comorbid Overweight/Obesity and Depression/Anxiety: A Systematic Review (2020) · cites this paper as [34]
The Discussion reports an abundance of anxiety apps, little efficacy evidence for most, and promising but limited results from two tested apps. The Introduction notes that few depression apps have been validated, but this review does not establish promising effectiveness for depression apps; its efficacy findings concern anxiety apps. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredNumerous self-help online courses and mobile phone applications are becoming available, which are said to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood, yet have not been evaluated in controlled trials.
“Numerous self-help online courses and mobile phone applications are becoming available, which are said to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood (e.g., Sucala et al., 2017), yet have not been evaluated in controlled trials.”
From Online mindfulness-enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a pilot trial (2018) · cites this paper as Sucala et al., 2017
The Discussion reports an abundance of commercially available anxiety apps and says the large majority provided no efficacy data. It does not establish the claim about online courses, stress reduction, or improved mood. The Discussion’s Table 3 also identifies two apps evaluated in randomized controlled trials, so the blanket statement that the apps had not been evaluated in controlled trials overstates the source. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe emerging field of m-mental health is in its infancy as many available apps lack scientific evidence or show poor content quality.
“However, the emerging field of m-mental health can still be described as being in its infancy as many available apps lack scientific evidence (Donker et al., 2013; Sucala et al., 2017) or show poor content quality (Singer et al., 2015).”
From A mobile application for panic disorder and agoraphobia: Insights from a multi-methods feasibility study (2020) · cites this paper as Sucala et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Sucala, M., Cuijpers, P., Muench, F., Cardoș, R., Soflau, R., Dobrean, A., Achimas-Cadariu, P., & David, D.
- Affiliations
- Babeș-Bolyai University (RO)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Northwell Health (US)
- Babeș-Bolyai University; Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Cluj-Napoca Romania
- Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Department of Surgery; Cluj-Napoca Romania
- Corresponding author
- Sucala, Madalina
- Venue
- Depression and Anxiety
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-05-15
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 518-525
- ISSN
- 1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2615858497
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 79 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research (PN-II-RU-TE- 2014-4-0490)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- mobile health, mobile application, anxiety reduction, psychological techniques, app quality, access to mental health care
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Humans, Mobile Applications
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