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. 2017 Aug 31;19(8):e303. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7487

Table 2.

Summary of outcomes.

First author (year) Sample
diagnosis
Mean sessions completed, %a Primary outcome Improvementb
Over time Greater than
comparison
Maintained at
follow-up
Gardner-Nix (2008) [34] Chronic pain Unclear Quality of life—physical health No No N/Ac



Quality of life—mental health Yes Yesd N/A



Pain catastrophizing Yes Yesd N/A



Usual pain Yes Yesd N/A
Buhrman (2013) [29] Chronic pain 60 Pain acceptance Yes Yes Yes (6 moe)
Davis (2013) [33] Fibromyalgia 69 Pain No No N/A



Pain coping efficacy Yes Yes N/A



Positive affect Yes Yes N/A



Negative affect Yes No N/A



Social engagement Yes Yes N/A



Loneliness Yes Yes N/A



Family stress Yes No N/A



Family enjoyment Yes Yes N/A



Stress coping efficacy Yes Yes N/A
Dowd (2015) [30] Chronic pain 94f Pain interference Yes No Yes (6 mo)



Psychological distress No No No (6 mo)
Trompetter (2015) [31] Chronic pain Unclear Pain interference Yes Nog Nog (6 mo)
Younge (2015) [35] Heart disease Unclear Exercise capacity Yes Marginally (P=.05) N/A
Ljótsson (2010) [36] IBSh Unclear IBS symptoms Yes Yes N/A



IBS symptom severity Yes Yes Yes (3 mo)
Ljótsson (2011) [38] IBS Unclear IBS symptom severity Yes Yes Yes (6 mo)
Ljótsson (2011) [39] IBS Unclear IBS symptom severity Yes Yes Yes (12 mo)
Ljótsson (2014) [40] IBS Unclear IBS symptom severity Yes Yes Yes (6 mo)
Thompson (2010) [41] Epilepsy 75i Depressive symptoms Yes Yes N/A
Thompson (2015) [42] Epilepsy 83 Depressive symptoms Yes Yes Yes (4.5-5 mo)
Hesser (2012) [43] Tinnitus Unclear Tinnitus distress severity Yes Yesd Yes (12 mo)
Johansson (2015) [44] Acquired brain injury Unclear Mental fatigue Yes Yes N/A
Zernicke (2014) [45] Cancer 67 Feasibility N/A N/A N/A
Bruggeman-Everts (2015) [47] Cancer 70 Fatigue severity Yes N/A N/A

aMean intervention completion refers to the mean % of modules the participants participated in.

bImprovement—Over time and Improvement—Greater than comparison refer to postintervention assessments.

cN/A: not applicable.

dGreater than wait-list control but not greater than on-site comparison group.

emo: months.

fOf those who completed follow-up.

gGreater than active comparison group but not wait-list control.

hIBS: irritable bowel syndrome.

iMedian reported.