E-Therapy for Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review
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The widespread availability of the Internet offers opportunities for improving access to therapy for people with mental health problems. There is a seemingly infinite supply of Internet-based interventions available on the World Wide Web. The aim of the present study is to systematically assess the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concerning e-therapy for mental health problems. Two reviewers independently assessed the methodological quality of the RCTs, based on a list of criteria for the methodological quality assessment as recommended by the Cochrane Back Review Group. The search yielded 14 papers that reported RCTs concerning e-therapy for mental-health problems. The methodological quality of studies included in this review was generally low. It is concluded that e-therapy may turn out to be an appropriate therapeutic entity, but the evidence needs to be more convincing. Recommendations are made concerning the method of reporting RCTs and the need to add some content items to an e-therapy study.
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- Authors
- Postel, M. G., de Haan, H. A., & De Jong, C. A. J.
- Affiliations
- Nijmegen Institute for Scientist Practitioners in Addiction (NL)
- Tactus Addiction Treatment, Enschede, The Netherlands. Nijmegen Institute for Scientist Practitioners in Addiction, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Nijmegen Institute for Scientist Practitioners in Addiction, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Corresponding author
- Postel, Marloes G.
- ORCID
- Postel, Marloes G.
- Venue
- Telemedicine and e-Health
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 707-714
- ISSN
- 1530-5627 (ISSN-L)
- 1556-3669
- OpenAlex
- W2160591633
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 1.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Telemedicine Journal and e-Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- e-therapy, online intervention, mental illness, methodological quality, randomized controlled trials, trial reporting quality, online therapy
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Community Mental Health Services, Humans, Mental Health, Netherlands, Research Design, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Internet
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