Effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for depressive disorders: a meta-analysis

Annals of General Psychiatry

Research

Ruihua Hou¹  Bing Zhao²  Liping Wang²  Jingxuan Zhang³  Qian Wang³  Xiaojing Cheng³  Tongtong Yin³  Jie Chen³ 

[1] Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK;School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China;Shandong Mental Health Centre, Shandong University, Jinan, China;

关键词: Acceptance and commitment therapy;    Depressive disorders;    Randomized controlled trial;    Meta-analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12991-023-00462-1

 received in 2023-04-13, accepted in 2023-08-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on depressive disorders.MethodsThe electronic databases of Web of Science Core Collection, Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, PsycInfo, CNKI, Wanfang and Weipu were used to select relevant publications. Screening, data extraction, and quality assessment were undertaken following PRISMA guidelines for preferred reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. RevMan5.4 was used for meta-analysis.Results11 studies with a total of 962 patients were included. Random-effects model analysis showed that ACT could effectively reduce the level of depressive symptoms in patients with depressive disorders (SMD = − 1.05, 95% CI: − 1.43–− 0.66, P < 0.00001), improve psychological flexibility (MD = 4.84, 95% CI: 2.70–6.97, P < 0.00001), and have good maintenance effect (SMD = − 0.70, 95% CI: − 1.15–− 0.25, P = 0.002). All differences were statistically significant.ConclusionsACT not only improves depressive symptoms and psychological flexibility, but also has a good maintenance effect, and it is particularly effective in Chinese patients. Large randomized controlled trials are needed to validate the findings from this meta-analysis.

【 授权许可】

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