Does recruitment source moderate treatment effectiveness? A subgroup analysis from the EVIDENT study, a randomised controlled trial of an internet intervention for depressive symptoms

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Klein, Jan Philipp ^a   Gamon, Carla ^a   Späth, Christina ^a   Berger, Thomas ^b   Meyer, Björn ^c,d   Hohagen, Fritz ^a   Hautzinger, Martin ^e   Lutz, Wolfgang ^f   Vettorazzi, Eik ^g   Moritz, Steffen ^g   Schröder, Johanna ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GAIA AG   (Germany)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Internet intervention; Randomized controlled trial; Recruitment source

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANIC; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85024364440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015391     Document Type: Article

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