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ReviewNPJ digital medicine2023

Internet-based and mobile-based cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Tiffany Junchen Tao, Teck Kuan Lim, Ernest Tsun Fung Yeung, Huinan Liu, Phoenix Bibha Shris, Lawrence Ka Yin Ma, Tatia Mei Chun Lee, Wai Kai Hou

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Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tiffany Junchen Tao *Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-4631
Teck Kuan Lim *Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ernest Tsun Fung YeungCentre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Huinan LiuCentre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Phoenix Bibha ShrisDepartment of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lawrence Ka Yin MaCentre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Tatia Mei Chun LeeState Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Wai Kai HouCentre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. wkhou@eduhk.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-2318
Education University of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Positive adjustment to chronic diseases reduces psychiatric comorbidity and enhances quality of life. Very little is known about the benefit of internet-based and mobile-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IM-CBT) on physical outcomes and its reciprocal interactions with psychiatric outcomes, the active therapeutic elements, and effect moderators among people with major chronic medical conditions. In this systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO: CRD42022265738), CINAHL of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science are systematically searched up to 1 June 2022, for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing IM-CBT against non-CBT control condition(s) among people with chronic disease(s). Primary outcomes include improvements in psychiatric symptoms (depressive, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, general psychological distress) from baseline to post-intervention and follow-ups. Secondary outcomes include improvements in physical distress (physical symptoms, functional impairment, self-rated ill health, objective physiological dysfunction). Among 44 RCTs (5077 patients with seven different chronic diseases), IM-CBT improves depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and general psychological distress at post-intervention and across follow-ups, and improves physical distress and functional impairment at post-intervention. Preliminary evidence suggests that behavioral modification and problem-solving could be necessary components to reduce psychiatric symptoms in IM-CBT, whereas cognitive restructuring, psychoeducation, and mindfulness elements relate to reduced physical distress. IM-CBT shows stronger benefits in chronic pain, cancer, arthritis, and cardiovascular disease, relative to other conditions. Changes in psychiatric symptoms and physical distress prospectively predict each other over time. IM-CBT is an effective intervention for comprehensive symptom management among people with chronic diseases.

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PMID37117458
PMCPMC10141870
OpenAlexW4367313804

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