Forsell2020 - Predicting Treatment Failure in Regular care Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Using Only Weekly Symptom Measures

  • Type:#article
  • Year read:#read2021
  • Subject: prediction ICBT
  • Bibtex: @forsell2020
  • Bibliography: Forsell, E., Isacsson, N., Blom, K., Jernelöv, S., Ben Abdesslem, F., Lindefors, N., Boman, M., & Kaldo, V. (2020). Predicting treatment failure in regular care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for depression and anxiety using only weekly symptom measures. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(4), 311–321. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000462

Example citation

Weekly symptom ratings have been used to predict treatment success or failure (neither treatment response nor remission status), with accuracy above chance (50%) at week 1, and accuracy above therapist predictions (65%) at weeks 5-6 [@forsell2020]

Key takeaways

  • Internetpsychiatry clinic: depression, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder
  • n = 4310
  • Self-rated measurements (MADRS-S, PDSS-SR, LSAS-SR)
  • Additive regression models were used to predict a post-treatment score (screening + pre-treatment + week 1 + week 2…)