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Computer-Delivered and Web-Based Interventions to Improve Depression, Anxiety, and Psychological Well-Being of University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are common mental health difficulties experienced by university students and can impair academic and social functioning. Students are limited in seeking help from professionals. As university students are highly connected to digital technologies, Web-based and computer-delivered interventions could be used to improve students' mental health. The effectiveness of these intervention types requires investigation to identify whether these are viable prevention strategies for university students. OBJECTIVE: The intent of the study was to systematically review and analyze trials of Web-based and computer-delivered interventions to improve depression, anxiety, psychological distress, and stress in university students. METHODS: Several databases were searched using keywords relating to higher education students, mental health, and eHealth interventions. The eligibility criteria for studies included in the review were: (1) the study aimed to improve symptoms relating to depression, anxiety, psychological distress, and stress, (2) the study involved computer-delivered or Web-based interventions accessed via computer, laptop, or tablet, (3) the study was a randomized controlled trial, and (4) the study was trialed on higher education students. Trials were reviewed and outcome data analyzed through random effects meta-analyses for each outcome and each type of trial arm comparison. Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias tool was used to assess study quality. RESULTS: A total of 17 trials were identified, in which seven were the same three interventions on separate samples; 14 reported sufficient information for meta-analysis. The majority (n=13) were website-delivered and nine interventions were based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A total of 1795 participants were randomized and 1480 analyzed. Risk of bias was considered moderate, as many publications did not sufficiently report their methods and seven explicitly conducted completers' analyses. In comparison to the inactive control, sensitivity meta-analyses supported intervention in improving anxiety (pooled standardized mean difference [SMD] -0.56; 95% CI -0.77 to -0.35, P<.001), depression (pooled SMD -0.43; 95% CI -0.63 to -0.22, P<.001), and stress (pooled SMD -0.73; 95% CI -1.27 to -0.19, P=.008). In comparison to active controls, sensitivity analyses did not support either condition for anxiety (pooled SMD -0.18; 95% CI -0.98 to 0.62, P=.66) or depression (pooled SMD -0.28; 95% CI -0.75 to -0.20, P=.25). In contrast to a comparison intervention, neither condition was supported in sensitivity analyses for anxiety (pooled SMD -0.10; 95% CI -0.39 to 0.18, P=.48) or depression (pooled SMD -0.33; 95% CI -0.43 to 1.09, P=.40). CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest Web-based and computer-delivered interventions can be effective in improving students' depression, anxiety, and stress outcomes when compared to inactive controls, but some caution is needed when compared to other trial arms and methodological issues were noticeable. Interventions need to be trialed on more heterogeneous student samples and would benefit from user evaluation. Future trials should address methodological considerations to improve reporting of trial quality and address post-intervention skewed data.
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“Internet-delivered CBT has demonstrated effectiveness in addressing anxiety disorders and depression in both the general population [23–25] and in college samples [26, 27].”
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“The consistent improvements in the intervention group on both measures of anxiety, the generalized and social anxiety variants, as well as wellbeing are in concurrence with the preceding literature”
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“and improving happiness and well-being [21-23].”
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“Although the aforementioned meta-analyses showed positive results on depressive symptoms with effect sizes in a small range”
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“all authors combined guided and unguided self-help interventions in their investigations and there was substantial variation in the degree of success for included programs”
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“Only one qualitative review and two meta-analytic reviews have examined the effectiveness of internet-based interventions for depression targeting this population”
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“Empirical studies on evidence-based digital interventions for mental health, including internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), have shown that these interventions are effective, feasible, and acceptable to users [12-14]”
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“In addition, the systematic reviews that exist on this topic combine digital programs with and without human support (Davies et al., 2014; Heber et al., 2017; Lattie et al., 2019).”
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“Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses have attested that digital interventions have the potential to improve mental well-being among this population [14,15,27-29]”
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“Even if a staff member took only 5 -10 minutes per session to provide assistance (Marks and Cavanagh, 2009), this could impact user engagement (Batterham et al ., 2018; Davies et al ., 2014).”
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“another meta-analysis25 of computer-delivered and web-based interventions (14 trials, n=1795 university students) reported that the interventions—relative to an inactive control—were effective for anxiety (SDM: −0.56; 95% CI −0.77 to −0.35, p<0.001), depression (SDM: −0.43; 95% CI −0.63 to −0.22, p<0.001) and stress (SDM: −0.73; 95% CI −1.27 to −0.19, p=0.008).”
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“However, the pooling of data of the two comparisons (229 participants) with active control conditions, such as online psychoeducation material, did not result in a significant difference between e-mental health interventions and controls.”
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“The authors found that compared to inactive control conditions, e-mental-health interventions had a moderate effect on symptoms of depression (d = 0.43; nine studies; 712 participants), anxiety (d = 0.56; seven studies; 374 participants), and stress (d = 0.73; three studies; 217 participants).”
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“The authors found that compared to inactive control conditions, e-mental-health interventions had a moderate effect on symptoms of depression (d = 0.43; nine studies; 712 participants), anxiety (d = 0.56; seven studies; 374 participants), and stress (d = 0.73; three studies; 217 participants).”
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“The authors found that compared to inactive control conditions, e-mental-health interventions had a moderate effect on symptoms of depression (d = 0.43; nine studies; 712 participants), anxiety (d = 0.56; seven studies; 374 participants), and stress (d = 0.73; three studies; 217 participants).”
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“Noninferiority trials comparing DMH interventions to face-to-face CBT in order to determine whether a new intervention is therapeutically similar to an existing effective treatment [33] showed that most DMH approaches were as effective as face-to-face CBT [31,34-36].”
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“However, analyses comparing DMH interventions for both anxiety and depression with active nontherapeutic controls have generally failed to show superiority of DMH interventions [31,32].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Davies, E. B., Morriss, R., & Glazebrook, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Davies, E Bethan
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2014-05-16
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e130
- ISSN
- 1438-8871 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4051748
- OpenAlex
- W2110842912
- Cited by
- 499
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 106 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 2.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Nottingham ePrints (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Mental Health Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- depression, anxiety, psychological distress, stress, university students, digital health interventions, online intervention, computer-based intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy, student mental health, risk of bias assessment, attrition bias, publication bias, risk of bias in meta-analysis, risk of bias in individual studies
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Stress, Psychological, Students, Universities, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Telemedicine, Internet
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