Digital mindfulness-based cognitive therapy showed small symptom improvements
In adults with anxiety or depression, digitally delivered therapy produced small symptom improvements compared with mixed control conditions. Results were not statistically clear at every follow-up period.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Across trials in adults with anxiety or depression, electronic mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduced symptom scores compared with a mix of control conditions. The authors described both pooled effects as small. Short- and long-term analyses showed statistically significant improvements, but medium-term analyses did not, leaving uncertainty about the pattern of effects over time.
The abstract does not define follow-up lengths or separate results by comparator. This abstract-based summary cannot establish recovery rates or the frequency of clinically meaningful individual improvement.
What improvement meant here
The reported effects concerned anxiety and depression symptom scores. The abstract does not say how many participants recovered or experienced a meaningful individual change, so the pooled results describe average symptom differences between groups.
Starting symptoms and follow-up
Greater starting symptom severity was associated with larger improvements, without guaranteeing a larger response for an individual. The unclear medium-term result also prevents a simple claim that improvements were consistent throughout the follow-up periods.
The original publication
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy via e-health on anxiety and depression in adults: A meta-analysis.
Wang S, Wu M, Wei J et al.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40729857
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