Cited by 34Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Unified protocol for the Transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in medical conditions: a systematic review

Open access
Osma, Jorge, Martínez-García, Laura, Quilez-Orden, Alba, Peris-Baquero, Óscar·2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Abstract

Emotional disorders are those that most commonly present comorbidly with medical conditions. The Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP), a cognitive-behavioral emotion-based intervention, has proven efficacy and versatility. The aim of this systematic review is to know the current (research studies) and future research interest (study protocols) in using the UP for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional symptoms or disorders (EDs) in people with a medical condition. Using the PRISMA guidelines, a literature search was conducted in Web of Science, PubMed, Medline, and Dialnet. The nine research studies included in this review indicated that the UP is effective in treating emotional symptomatology in a population with a medical condition (effect sizes ranging from d = −3.34 to d = 2.16). The three included study protocols suggest interest in the future UP application to different medical conditions, and also in distinct application formats. Our review results are encouraging, and conducting more controlled studies is advised to recommend the UP to treat and/or prevent EDs in medical conditions, especially in children and youths.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.3390/ijerph18105077

Cites

55 of 55 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • The majority of studies examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions for emotional distress in CID focus on one emotional disorder within one specific disease or condition.

    “the majority of studies examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions for emotional distress in CID focus on one emotional disorder (e.g., depression, anxiety) within one specific disease or condition (Osma, Martínez-García, Quilez-Orden, & Peris- Baquero, 2021).”

    From Attachment insecurity predicts outcomes in an ACT-CBT group therapy for adults in a physical rehabilitation centre (2022) · cites this paper as Osma, Martínez-García, Quilez-Orden, & Peris- Baquero, 2021

    The Introduction (page unavailable) discusses protocols designed to treat specific emotional disorders and reports intervention evidence for patients with medical conditions. It does not say that a majority of effectiveness studies focus on one emotional disorder within one specific disease or condition. The Results (§3.2; page unavailable) describe only the transdiagnostic studies included in this review, not the broader distribution of psychological-intervention studies. (LLM, conf=0.79)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • The UP could help manage EDs in individuals with comorbid medical conditions such as HIV, cancer, chronic pain or multiple sclerosis.

    “Recent systematic reviews and meta-analysis evidence that the UP could help to manage EDs in the general population (Sakiris and Berle, 2019; Cassiello-Robbins et al., 2020; Carlucci et al., 2021; Longley and Gleiser, 2023) and also in individuals with comorbid medical conditions such as those living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), cancer, chronic pain or multiple sclerosis, among others”
  • The Spanish version of ODSIS has excellent internal consistency (α = 0.94).

    “Excellent internal consistency was found in the Spanish version of this instrument (α = 0.94; Osma et al., 2021).”

    From Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with post COVID-19 condition: study protocol for a multiple baseline n-of-1 trial (2023) · cites this paper as Osma et al., 2021

    The Methods (section 2.3) describe collecting studies’ measures and outcomes, but the retrieved passages do not discuss the Spanish ODSIS’s reliability. Searches for ODSIS, internal consistency, and α = 0.94 found no passage supporting the claimed value. (LLM, conf=0.75)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • The Spanish validation of MEDI has excellent internal consistency (0.74 ≥ α ≤ 0.92).

    “Excellent internal consistency was found in the Spanish validation (0.74 ≥ α ≤ 0.92; Osma et al., 2021).”

    From Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with post COVID-19 condition: study protocol for a multiple baseline n-of-1 trial (2023) · cites this paper as Osma et al., 2021

    The Methods and Results passages concern a systematic review of Unified Protocol treatment studies, not a Spanish validation of MEDI. Searches for MEDI, Spanish validation, internal consistency, and the reported alpha values found no passage in our copy addressing the claim. (LLM, conf=0.76)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • The Spanish version of OASIS has good internal consistency (α = 0.87).

    “Good internal consistency was found in the Spanish version of this instrument (α = 0.87; Osma et al., 2021).”

    From Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with post COVID-19 condition: study protocol for a multiple baseline n-of-1 trial (2023) · cites this paper as Osma et al., 2021

    The Methods section discusses assessment of study quality, and the Results section reports risk-of-bias ratings, not the reliability of OASIS. Searches for OASIS, its full name, and α = 0.87 found no passage in our copy addressing the Spanish instrument’s internal consistency. (LLM, conf=0.76)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. [1]Porta M. A Dictionary of Epidemiology 5th ed. Oxford University Press New York, NY, USA 2008 27 58

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Osma, J., Martínez-García, L., Quilez-Orden, A., & Peris-Baquero, Ó.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
  • Department of Psychology and Sociology, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Atarazanas, 4, 44003 Teruel, Spain
Corresponding author
Osma, Jorge
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-05-11
Volume
18
Issue
10
Pages
5077
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3163816147
Cited by
34
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5
FWCI
0.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zaguan (University of Zaragoza Repository) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Gobierno de Aragón (Departamento de Ciencia, Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento) y FEDER "Construyendo Europa desde Aragón" (Research team S31_20D)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
Unified Protocol, transdiagnostic treatment, emotional disorders, health conditions, comorbidities, emotion-focused interventions, children and adolescents, treatment efficacy, prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Clinical Protocols, Emotions, Humans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Mood Disorders

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review