Table 1 Overview of studies

From: A systematic review and meta analysis on digital mental health interventions in inpatient settings

Study (authors, year, country)

Treatment type

Type of therapy

Patient group

Risk of Bias Assessment

Holländare et al. (2011), Sweden65

Aftercare

CBT

Mood disorder

Some concerns

Bauer et al. (2012), Germany53

Aftercare

CBT

Eating disorder

Low risk

Fichter et al. (2012), Germany57

Aftercare

CBT

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Bauer et al. (2013), Germany54

Aftercare

CBT

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Bischoff et al. (2013), Germany72

Aftercare

NA

Transdiagnostic

Low risk

Ebert et al. (2013a), Germany58

Aftercare

CBT

Transdiagnostic

Some concerns

Ebert et al. (2013b), Germany73

Aftercare

CBT

Transdiagnostic

High risk

Fichter et al. (2014), Germany55

Aftercare

CBT

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Gulec et al. (2014), Hungary46

Aftercare

NA

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Schmädeke et al. (2015), Germany74

Aftercare

CBT

Mood disorder

High risk

Harrington et al. (2016), USA59

Aftercare

NA

Substance abuse

Some concerns

Kordy et al. (2016), Germany40

Aftercare

NA

Mood disorder

Low risk

Willems et al. (2016), Netherlands75,

Intervention

CBT

Somatic comorbidity

High risk

Välimäki et al. (2017), Finland50

Aftercare

NA

Psychotic disorder

Low risk

Jacobi et al. (2017), Germany41

Aftercare

NA

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Zwerenz et al. (2017a), Germany37

Aftercare

PD

Transdiagnostic

Some concerns

Zwerenz et al. (2017b), Germany76

Aftercare

PD

Return to work

Some concerns

Zwerenz et al. (2017c), Germany66

Intervention

PD

Mood disorder

Some concerns

Norlund et al. (2018), Sweden64

Intervention

CBT

Somatic comorbidity

Low risk

Schlicker et al. (2018), Germany77

Aftercare

CBT

Mood disorder

High risk

Neumayr et al. (2019), Germany56

Aftercare

NA

Eating disorder

Some concerns

Zwerenz et al. (2019), Germany78

Aftercare

PD

Mood disorder

Some concerns

Alvarez et al. (2021), Australia51

Aftercare

NA

Psychotic disorder

Some concerns

Gallinat et al. (2021), Germany42

Aftercare

CBT

Psychotic disorder

Some concerns

Nolte et al. (2021), Germany43

Intervention

CBT

Mood disorder

Some concerns

Shaygan et al. (2021), Iran79

Intervention

NA

Somatic comorbidity

Low risk

Becker et al. (2022), Germany45

Aftercare

PD

Return to work

Some concerns

Levis et al. (2022), USA80

Intervention

Whole Health

Transdiagnostic

Low risk

Sharma et al. (2022), Canada36

Intervention

CBT

Anxiety symptoms

Some concerns

Bruhns et al. (2023), Germany47

Aftercare

CBT

Mood disorder

Some concerns

  1. Studies included in risk of bias assessment (k = 30), categorized by treatment type, type of therapy, patient group, and assessed risk. Studies with a high risk were excluded for the meta analysis.