E-Health technologies for treatment of depression, anxiety and emotional distress in person with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
Due to heterogeneity in interventions, populations, follow-up time and outcomes, future RCT should be conducted to confirm these findings.
Study context
- Population
- Persons with DM with depression, anxiety or emotional distress
- Participants
- 2,209 persons10 RCTs
- Comparison
- e-Health interventions vs usual care
- Outcome
- Improvement of depression, anxiety, diabetes-related emotional distress and quality of life
Methodological detailsMethodological quality of included studies was high
- Methodological quality of included studies was high
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Depression, anxiety and emotional distress
Each group vs usual careSMD (95% CI)
Internet-Guided Self-Helpdepression
−0.74(−1.04 to −0.43)
Telephone-Delivered CBTdepression
−0.42(−0.65 to −0.19)
Internet-Guided Self-Helpanxiety
−0.72(−1.02 to −0.42)
Diabetes-specific-CBTanxiety
−0.60(−1.18 to −0.02)
Internet-Guided Self-Helpemotional distress
−0.72(−1.02 to −0.41)
Healthy Outcomes through Patient Empowermentemotional distress
−0.26(−0.53 to 0.01)
Original publication
E-Health technologies for treatment of depression, anxiety and emotional distress in person with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 26 July 2023. doi:10.
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