Pearcy2016 - A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-help therapeutic interventions for obsessive-compulsive disorder, Is therapeutic contact key to overall improvement?

  • Type:#article
  • Year read:#read2022
  • Subject: OCD ICBT
  • Bibtex: @pearcy2016
  • Bibliography: Pearcy, C. P., Anderson, R. A., Egan, S. J., & Rees, C. S. (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-help therapeutic interventions for obsessive–compulsive disorder: Is therapeutic contact key to overall improvement? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 51, 74–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.12.007

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  • k = 18, n = 1570. Post-trt g = 0.51 (95% CI .41 to .61)
  • Subgroup: Minimal-contact self-help (g = 0.91, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.17), predominantly self-help (g = 0.68, 95% CI 0.40 to 0.96), self-administered self-help (g = 0.33, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.47). OCD-NET was classified as predominantly self-help, Wootton as minimal-contact self-help.
  • They have mixed many types of treatment approaches. 14 RCTs and 4 quasi-experimental studies.