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Effectiveness of a Novel Integrative Online Treatment for Depression (Deprexis): Randomized Controlled Trial
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BACKGROUND: Depression is associated with immense suffering and costs, and many patients receive inadequate care, often because of the limited availability of treatment. Web-based treatments may play an increasingly important role in closing this gap between demand and supply. We developed the integrative, Web-based program Deprexis, which covers therapeutic approaches such as behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness/acceptance exercises, and social skills training. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Web-based intervention in a randomized controlled trial. METHODS: There were 396 adults recruited via Internet depression forums in Germany, and they were randomly assigned in an 80:20 weighted randomization sequence to either 9 weeks of immediate-program-access as an add-on to treatment-as-usual (N = 320), or to a 9-week delayed-access plus treatment-as-usual condition (N = 76). At pre- and post-treatment and 6-month follow-up, we measured depression (Beck Depression Inventory) as the primary outcome measure and social functioning (Work and Social Adjustment Scale) as the secondary outcome measure. Complete analyses and intention-to-treat analyses were performed. RESULTS: Of 396 participants, 216 (55%) completed the post-measurement 9 weeks later. Available case analyses revealed a significant reduction in depression severity (BDI), Cohen's d = .64 (CI 95% = 0.33 - 0.94), and significant improvement in social functioning (WSA), Cohen's d = .64, 95% (CI 95% = 0.33 - 0.95). These improvements were maintained at 6-month follow-up. Intention-to-treat analyses confirmed significant effects on depression and social functioning improvements (BDI: Cohen's d = .30, CI 95% = 0.05 - 0.55; WSA: Cohen's d = .36, CI 95% = 0.10 - 0.61). Moreover, a much higher percentage of patients in the intervention group experienced a significant reduction of depression symptoms (BDI: odds ratio [OR] = 6.8, CI 95% = 2.90 - 18.19) and recovered more often (OR = 17.3, 95% CI 2.3 - 130). More than 80% of the users felt subjectively that the program had been helpful. CONCLUSIONS: This integrative, Web-based intervention was effective in reducing symptoms of depression and in improving social functioning. Findings suggest that the program could serve as an adjunctive or stand-alone treatment tool for patients suffering from symptoms of depression.
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“online treatment is clearly better than nothing, according to recent studies. [17-19,32]”
From The more it is needed, the less it is wanted: Attitudes toward face-to-face intervention among depressed patients undergoing online treatment (2013) · cites this paper as [17]
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“The number of modules completed was found to correlate with outcomes in interventions that targeted cigarette smoking [42,46,47], depression [45,48-51], and anxiety disorders [52-57].”
From A Systematic Review of the Impact of Adherence on the Effectiveness of e-Therapies (2011) · cites this paper as [50]
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“While recent studies have shown that adding online sessions or modules to regular face-to-face psychotherapy can increase the adherence and effectiveness of a patients’ treatment, it also increases costs and workload among professionals [17-19].”
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“Deprexis, the treatment tested by Meyer et al. [23] and Berger et al. [16], is an example of such a blend as it includes positive psychology interventions, dreamwork and emotion-focused interventions above more traditional cognitive and behavioral techniques.”
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“The WSAS has been shown to have sound psychometric properties when administered on the Internet [20]”
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“An analysis of a number of previous studies of an online intervention for depression in the community and that have used a CBT protocol similar to the intervention in the current study have reported post-treatment effect sizes averaging 1.29, and follow-up effects averaging 1.42, based on samples ranging from 45 – 300 [39,42-48].”
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“Some online programs, such as Deprexis, use patient feedback to select specific content presented to patients [35].”
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“It has been reported that a free-choice program in European countries had a higher completion rate and was more effective than a fixed order program24.”
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“In addition, Program A (free-choice) showed non-significant effects on depression and anxiety symptoms at any follow-up, which were smaller than Program B (fixed-order), which is also contrast to previous finding in Europe24.”
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“This is contradicted previous findings that a free-choice program showed a higher completion rate than a fixed order program in European countries24.”
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“A possible reason is a difference in ways of tailoring between the previous study and the present study. While the previous study used a navigation program to direct users to the most appropriate program based on pre-determined responses concerning their needs and preferences, the present study simply asked users to select one of the free-choice modules.”
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“The completion rates, satisfaction, and usefulness of the two programs were similar. The finding is inconsistent with a previous finding reporting a more favorable adherence to a free-choice program than a fixed-order program in European countries24.”
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“Participants in the intervention group were then given access to the web-based intervention deprexis (Meyer et al., 2009) for a period of 12 weeks.”
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“Deprexis (GAIA AG) [27,28] is an internet-delivered intervention that integrates acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic and mindfulness-based approaches.”
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“Das Spektrum reicht von der Bereitstellung von Dokumenten (beispielsweise in Form von pdf-Dateien; 17) über simulierte Dialoge (18) bis hin zu interaktiven Fantasiespielen (19).”
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“Many of these technologies, especially online treatment applications, enjoy positive patient adoption and provide satisfactory solutions [30,31].”
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“Psychoeducation in MDD was shown to: 1) reduce depressive symptoms [5, 14–29], 2) reduce the risk of relapse or recurrence [26, 30–33], 3) improve treatment adherence [17, 18, 34], 4) increase quality of life [29] and global functionning [25, 35].”
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Qui initiera la transformation digitale de la santé?
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“As intervenções baseadas na internet são aquelas que utilizam programas de computadores para o tratamento de distintos sintomas ou transtornos psicopatológicos, e um exemplo é o programa individual e personalizado para tratamento da depressão, chamado Deprexis (Meyer et al., 2009).”
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“Frente al tema de la aceptación y satisfacción hacia los programas basados en Internet, algunos coinciden que es, en general, alta (Martínez et al., 2018), pese a que reportan una reducción de los niveles de sintomatología en menos de la mitad de las intervenciones (Meyer et al., 2009).”
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Welches digitale Angebot für wen?
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“Es ist gut evaluiert; klinische Studien zeigten kleine bis mittlere Effekte für eine unbegleitete Anwendung [19, 20, 21, 22], mittlere bis große Effekte für eine begleitete Anwendung [20, 23] sowie mittlere Effekte beim Einsatz als Blended Care in Kombination mit zwölf Wochen Psychotherapie [24] und stationärer Behand…”
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“Four trials assessing daily functioning/disability found either no significant group differences [44, 48] or a moderate effect size [46, 49].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meyer, B., Berger, T., Caspar, F., Beevers, C. G., Andersson, G., & Weiss, M.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- University of Bern (CH)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Linköping University (SE)
- GAIA (Germany) (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Meyer, Björn
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2009-05-11
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e15
- ISSN
- 1438-8871 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2762808
- OpenAlex
- W2115531241
- Semantic Scholar
- 37b1f1ccf725c315bb299af7bb17a1f37a3fe471
- Cited by
- 363
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 32 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 19.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- depression, online therapy, online intervention, Deprexis, behavioral activation, cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, social skills training, integrative psychotherapy, social functioning, online forums, medication adherence, recovery from depression, digital mental health, treatment gap, user satisfaction
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Behavior, Behavior Therapy, Cognition, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Emotions, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Life Style, Male, Online Systems, Patient Education as Topic, Personality Inventory, Problem Solving, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, Social Support, Exercise, Internet
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