Abstract
Increasingly, the telephone is being used to deliver psychotherapy for depression, inas a means to reduce barriers to treatment. Twelve trials of telephone-administered psychotherapies, in which depressive symptoms were assessed, were included. There was a significant reduction in depressive symptoms for patients enrolled in telephone-administered psychotherapy as compared to control conditions (d = 0.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.14-0.39, p < 0001). There was also a significant reduction in depressive symptoms in analyses of pretreatment to posttreatment change (d = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.50-1.13, p < 0001). The mean attrition rate was 7.56% (95% CI = 4.23-10.90). These findings suggest that telephone-administered psychotherapy can produce significant reductions in depressive symptoms. Attrition rates were considerably lower than rates reported in face-to-face psychotherapy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 243-253 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Clinical psychology: Science and practice |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Depression
- Meta-analysis
- Psychotherapy
- Telemental health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology