Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of online cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder

Hamed Ghiasi¹, Fatemeh Askarirostami², Maryam Bakhtiari^3♦, Saba Hasanvandi⁴

¹Ph.D of clinical psychology, Department of clinical psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
²Master of Social Work, Yazd Universitty, Yazd, Iran
³Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴Ph.D of educational Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, AL Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Maryam Bakhtiari: Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT

Objective: Online cognitive-behavioral therapy has presented great potential for easy, cost-effective, and modern treatments for the psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to review studies in the field of online cognitive-behavioral therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder. Methods: In this meta-analysis, 19 studies were included by reviewing related literature to clinical trials in the field of online cognitive-behavioral therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. The research instrument was the JBI Controlled Critical Appraisal Checklist. Results: 19 clinical trials with a sample size of 1324 people were included in study. The results showed that online intervention based on statistical evidence is an acceptable method for treatment of PTSD and compared to control group, the experimental group obtained higher scores (WMD = 0.12 / I-Squared = 67.5%). Conclusion: It seems that online cognitive-behavioral interventions are appropriate cost-effective and acceptable therapies of the present age. More studies are required to examine the strengths and weaknesses of online or web-based interventions critically.

Keywords: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Online, Web-Based, PostTraumatic Stress Disorder

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms119e2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms119e2012

Published: 03 April 2022