Klein, Jan Philipp; Späth, Christina; Schröder, Johanna; Meyer, Björn; Greiner, Wolfgang; Hautzinger, Martin; Lutz, Wolfgang; Rose, Matthias; Vettorazzi, Eik; Andersson, Gerhard; Hohagen, Fritz; Moritz, Steffen; Berger, Thomas (2017). Time to remission from mild to moderate depressive symptoms: One year results from the EVIDENT-study, an RCT of an internet intervention for depression. Behaviour research and therapy, 97, pp. 154-162. Elsevier 10.1016/j.brat.2017.07.013
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BACKGROUND: Internet interventions are effective in treating depressive symptoms but few studies conducted a long-term follow-up. The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of an internet intervention in increasing the remission rate over a twelve months period.
METHODS: A total of 1013 participants with mild to moderate depressive symptoms were randomized to either care as usual alone or a 12-week internet intervention (Deprexis) plus usual care. Self-rated depression severity (PHQ-9) was assessed regularly over twelve months.
RESULTS: Remission rates over time were significantly higher in the intervention group (Cox regression: hazard ratio [HR] 1.31; p = 0.009). The intervention was more effective in the subgroup not taking antidepressant medication (Cox regression: HR 1.88; p < 0.001). PHQ-change from baseline was greater in the intervention group (linear mixed model [LMM]: p < 0.001) with the between-group effect gradually decreasing from d = 0.36 at three months to d = 0.13 at twelve months (LMM: group by time interaction: p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: This internet intervention can contribute to achieving remission in people with mild to moderate depressive symptoms, especially if they are not on antidepressant medication (Trial Registration: NCT01636752).
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Berger, Thomas (B) |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0005-7967 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Salome Irina Rahel Bötschi |
Date Deposited: |
24 Apr 2018 10:21 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:35 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.brat.2017.07.013 |
PubMed ID: |
28797829 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.113562 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/113562 |
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