Table 1.
First author and year | Recruitment | MH condition | N (originally) | Age group | Outcome measures | Intervention and number of modules/time | Supervision | Contact | Randomization | Blinding | Control group | Follow-up | Measure ment time | Dropout | Country |
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Wang et al. (2013) | Community, university and hospital counseling center | PTSD | 197 | 18–70 year-old | PDS, SCL-D, PCC, SFI, CSE | My Trauma Recovery website (social cognitive); 6 modules; 1 month | None, except for technical difficulties in accessing the website | Phone call for recruitment and technical support | Yes | No | Wait list | 3 months | Pre-test, post-test, follow-up | 38.6% | China |
Mogoaşe et al. (2013) | University student | Depressive symptoms | 42 | Mean: 22.87 year-old | PEQ, AMT, BDI-II, RRS, GE | Concreteness training delivered via e-mail; 7 modules; 7 days | Researcher, only to remind the participants via email if they do not finish their daily assignment | Entirely online (e-mail) | Yes | No | Wait list | None | Pre-test and post-test | 2% | Romania |
Su et al. (2011) | University student | Internet addiction | 65 | Mean: 22.3 year-old (18–28 year-old) | YDQ, Online hours per week, online satisfaction | Healthy online self-helping center cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT): 4 modules; 1 day | None | Interview for screening; Feedback via website; sms for follow-up reminder | Yes | No | Wait list | None | Pre-test and post-test (mentioned as follow-up 1 month in the article) | 9% | China |
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; PDS, post-traumatic diagnostic scale; SCL-D, symptom checklist 90-depression; PCC, post-traumatic cognitive changes; SFI, social, functioning impairment; CSE, trauma coping self-efficacy scale; PEQ, problem elaboration questionnaire; AMT, autobiographical memory test; BDI-II, beck depression inventory-II; RRS, rumination response scale; GE, global evaluation/self-drowning; YDQ, young's diagnostic questionnaire .