Stalder-Lüthy, Franziska; Messerli, Nadine; Hofer, Helene; Frischknecht, Eveline; Znoj, Hansjörg; Barth, Jürgen (2013). Effect of psychological interventions on depressive symptoms in long-term rehabilitation after an acquired brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 94(7), pp. 1386-1397. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.02.013
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OBJECTIVE
To summarize empirical studies on the effectiveness of psychological interventions in long-term rehabilitation after an acquired brain injury (ABI) in reducing depressive symptoms.
DATA SOURCES
A systematic literature search was conducted on MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL to identify articles published between January 1990 and October 2011. Search terms included the 3 concepts (1) "brain injur*" or "stroke," (2) "psychotherap*" or "therapy" or "intervention" or "rehabilitation," and (3) "depress*."
STUDY SELECTION
Studies evaluating psychological interventions in patients after ABI were included. Time since injury was on average more than 1 year. Trials reported data on validated depression questionnaires before and after the psychological intervention.
DATA EXTRACTION
Two independent reviewers extracted information from the sample, the intervention, and the outcome of the included studies and calculated effect sizes (ESs) from depression questionnaires. Thirteen studies were included in a pre-post analysis. Seven studies were eligible for a meta-analysis of ESs in active interventions and control conditions.
DATA SYNTHESIS
Pre-post ESs were significant in 4 of 13 studies. The overall ES of .69 (95% confidence interval [CI], .29-1.09) suggests a medium effectiveness of psychological interventions on depressive symptoms compared with control conditions. Moderator analysis of the number of sessions and adequate randomization procedure did not show significant ES differences between strata. Studies with adequate randomization did not, however, suggest the effectiveness of psychological interventions on depressive symptoms after ABI.
CONCLUSIONS
Psychological interventions are a promising treatment option for depressive symptoms in long-term rehabilitation after ABI. Since only a few adequately randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exist, more RCTs are required to confirm this initial finding.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Stalder, Franziska, Messerli, Nadine, Hofer, Helene, Frischknecht, Eveline, Znoj, Hans Jörg, Barth, Jürgen |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0003-9993 |
Publisher: |
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
30 Jan 2014 09:26 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.apmr.2013.02.013 |
PubMed ID: |
23439410 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.40596 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40596 |
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