Artikel
Digital interventions for the prevention of mental disorders: an umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis
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Autoren
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Mariebelle Kaus
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Sophie Nestler
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Hermann Szymczak
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Christian Meyer-Keirath
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Florian Junne
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Christian Apfelbacher
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany
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Claudia Buntrock
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
| Veröffentlicht: | 6. September 2024 |
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Aim: Preventing mental disorders and promoting mental health is of global concern. In response, digital (app- or web-delivered) interventions (DI) for the prevention of mental disorders or promotion of mental health are on the rise. A large body of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) shows that DIs are effective in various mental health domains. However, these SRs and MAs differ in their methodology and reported results, making it difficult to draw specific conclusions and point out implications for the practice of prevention and health-promotion. The objective of this umbrella review and meta-meta- analysis is thus to systematically aggregate and quantify meta-analytic findings of the preventive effects of DIs on a broad set of mental health outcomes in non-clinical populations.
Methods: We systematically searched for SRs and MAs in four databases. SRs and MAs of randomized controlled trials were included in our umbrella review if they pertained to non-clinical adult populations (P) and if they synthesized effects of DIs that were based on psychological techniques or physical activity (I) compared to any control group (C) on the outcomes depression, anxiety, suicide, stress, alcohol use, sleep, resilience or well-being (O). We will provide a narrative evidence synthesis for all outcomes. For outcomes for which sufficient data is available, we will conduct meta-meta-analyses.
Results: We retrieved a total of 12,748 records on 17 May 2023: 3,835 from PubMed, 5,984 from PsycINFO, 350 from Cochrane, and 2,579 from Web of Science. After duplicates were removed, two independent reviewers screened 9,747 titles and abstracts. Subsequently, 175 full texts were assessed for eligibility. Our final sample for SRs and MAs includes 16 studies. The study is ongoing.
Discussion: On a high evidence level, our study will summarize the effects of preventive DIs, in order to inform the practice of mental health prevention and promotion as well as future research. The preregistered protocol of our review can be found at https://osf.io/baquz.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
The authors declare that an ethics committee vote is not required.
The contribution has already been published: [1]
References
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- Kaus M, Szymczak H, Junne F, Apfelbacher C, Buntrock C. Digital interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health: an umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis [Abstract]. In: 7th Conference of the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII 2023); 2023 Aug 30–Sept 1; Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Poster Sessions. p. 30. Available from: https://www.esrii2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Posters-ESRII-2023.pdf
