Suicide prevention using self-guided digital interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Type :#article
- Date read: 2023-03-31
- Bibtex: @torok2020
- Bibliography: Torok, M., Han, J., Baker, S., Werner-Seidler, A., Wong, I., Larsen, M. E., & Christensen, H. (2020). Suicide prevention using self-guided digital interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. The Lancet Digital Health, 2(1), e25–e36. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(19)30199-2
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Only self-guided digital interventions that directly target suicidality reduce suicidal ideation
Self-guided digital interventions have a small but significant effect on suicidal ideation
My notes
- k = 14 studies, n = 4398
- Overall effect: g = -0.18 (95% CI -0.27 to -0.10)
- Larger effect of interventions that directly targeted suicidality, g = -0.23 (95% CI -0.35 to -0.11) and no effect of depression interventions (g = -0.12, 95% CI -0.25 to 0.01)
- Very small effects on suicidal plans and suicidal ideation in each individual study.
- Includes
- Spijker2014 - Effectiveness of Online Self-Help for Suicidal Thoughts, Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial
- Spijker2018 - Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Help Program for Suicidal Thinking in an Australian Community Sample, Randomized Controlled Trial
- Christensen2013 - The effect of a web-based depression intervention on suicide ideation, Secondary outcome from a randomised controlled trial in a helpline
Abstract
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