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Absolute and relative rates of treatment non-initiation, dropout, and attrition in internet-based and face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Τίτλος: Absolute and relative rates of treatment non-initiation, dropout, and attrition in internet-based and face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Συγγραφείς: Linardon J; SEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Vctoria, Australia., Messer M; SEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Vctoria, Australia., Reid R; SEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Vctoria, Australia., Bolger T; SEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Vctoria, Australia., Andersson G; Department of Psychiatry in Linköping, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.; Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Πηγή: Cognitive behaviour therapy [Cogn Behav Ther] 2026 Jul; Vol. 55 (4), pp. 614-627. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Aug 04.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Review; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101143317 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1651-2316 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16506073 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Behav Ther Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis, c2002-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*/methods , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*/statistics & numerical data , Patient Dropouts*/statistics & numerical data , Patient Dropouts*/psychology , Mental Disorders*/therapy , Internet* , Internet-Based Intervention*, Humans ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Περίληψη: Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) appears to produce comparable clinical benefits to face-to-face CBT. However, whether these two CBT modalities are equally accepted by patients remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis examining absolute and relative rates of treatment non-initiation, dropout, and attrition in ICBT and face-to-face CBT. Thirty trials comparing ICBT to face-to-face CBT for psychiatric and somatic disorders were included. Pooled event rates were calculated to estimate absolute rates of treatment non-initiation, dropout, and attrition. Risk ratios (RR) were computed to compare relative rates between modalities. Absolute rates of treatment non-initiation for ICBT were 8.7% (95% CI = 5.0-14.5) compared to 11.9% for face-to-face CBT (95% CI = 8.3-16.8), which produced a significant RR of 0.58. This effect remained significant in various sensitivity analyses. Absolute rates of treatment dropout were 16.3% (95% CI = 11.8-22.2) for ICBT and 12.0% (95% CI = 7.6-18.5) for face-to-face CBT, while absolute rates of post-treatment and follow-up attrition were 15.2% (95% CI = 11.1-20.4) and 22.3% (95% CI = 16.9-28.8) for ICBT and 14.1% (95% CI = 10.3-19.0) and 23.1% (95% CI = 17.5-29.7) for face-to-face CBT, respectively. These RRs were non-significant. Findings suggest that while ICBT is more readily initiated than face-to-face CBT, both modalities demonstrate comparable rates of treatment completion and study retention across diverse clinical contexts.
Grant Information: APP1196948 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral therapy; dropout; meta-analysis; psychiatry; randomized controlled trials
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20250804 Date Completed: 20260520 Latest Revision: 20260617
Update Code: 20260617
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2542364
PMID: 40757987
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1651-2316
DOI:10.1080/16506073.2025.2542364