A systematic review and meta analysis on digital mental health interventions in inpatient settings

E-mental health (EMH) interventions gain increasing importance in the treatment of mental health disorders. Their outpatient efficacy is well-established. However, research on EMH in inpatient settings remains sparse and lacks a meta-analytic synthesis. This paper presents a meta-analysis on the eff...

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Published inNPJ digital medicine Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 253 - 9
Main Authors Diel, Alexander, Schröter, Isabel Carolin, Frewer, Anna-Lena, Jansen, Christoph, Robitzsch, Anita, Gradl-Dietsch, Gertraud, Teufel, Martin, Bäuerle, Alexander
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Nature Publishing Group 17.09.2024
Nature Publishing Group UK
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Child & adolescent psychiatry
Comorbidity
Drug abuse
Eating disorders
Emotional disorders
Hospitalization
Inpatient care
Intervention
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Meta-analysis
Mood disorders
Psychosis
Systematic review
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Summary:E-mental health (EMH) interventions gain increasing importance in the treatment of mental health disorders. Their outpatient efficacy is well-established. However, research on EMH in inpatient settings remains sparse and lacks a meta-analytic synthesis. This paper presents a meta-analysis on the efficacy of EMH in inpatient settings. Searching multiple databases (PubMed, ScienceGov, PsycInfo, CENTRAL, references), 26 randomized controlled trial (RCT) EMH inpatient studies (n = 6112) with low or medium assessed risk of bias were included. A small significant total effect of EMH treatment was found (g = 0.3). The effect was significant both for blended interventions (g = 0.42) and post-treatment EMH-based aftercare (g = 0.29). EMH treatment yielded significant effects across different patient groups and types of therapy, and the effects remained stable post-treatment. The results show the efficacy of EMH treatment in inpatient settings. The meta-analysis is limited by the small number of included studies.
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ISSN:2398-6352
2398-6352
DOI:10.1038/s41746-024-01252-z