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. 2022 Feb 14;10(1):e29137. doi: 10.2196/29137

Table 3.

Characteristics of comparators and outcomes.

Study Comparator Duration (minute) Frequency (time per week) Period (week) Outcome measures Follow-up Attrition
Adomaviciene et al [28] Robot-assisted trainings 45 Once a day 2 HADSa Postintervention 18
Carvalho et al [29] Conventional exercises 60 3 7 Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Postintervention 14
Meldrum et al [30] Conventional exercises 15 5 6 HADS Postintervention 9
Schumacher et al [31] Conventional exercises (physiotherapy) 30 5 2 HADS Postintervention, 30- and 100-day follow-up 11
Ruivo et al [32] Conventional exercises 60 2 6 HADS Postintervention, 2-month follow-up 4
Mazzoleni et al [33] Conventional exercises (pulmonary rehabilitation program) 60 7 3 STAIb Postintervention 1
Polat et al [34] Conventional exercises + cycling activity 35 3 4 HADS Postintervention, 1-month follow-up 6
Lin et al [35] Conventional exercises + hot packs + transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 20 3 4 HADS Midintervention, postintervention, and 1 and 3-month follow-up 1
Vieira et al [36] Conventional exercises, control 70-85 3 24 Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 Midintervention, postintervention 13
Thomas et al [37] Control N/Ac N/A N/A HADS Postintervention 2
Wagener et al [38] Control N/A N/A N/A Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Postintervention 1
Jahouh et al [39] Control N/A N/A N/A Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale Postintervention N/A
Collado-Mateo et al [40] Control N/A N/A N/A Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Postintervention 7
Cooney et al [41] Control N/A N/A N/A Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an Intellectual Disability Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 3
Donker et al [42] Control N/A N/A N/A Beck Anxiety Inventory, Acrophobia Questionnaire Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 59
Fish et al [43] Educational website 30 3 4 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Postintervention 0
Fleming et al [44] Control N/A N/A N/A SCASd Postintervention 5
Merry et al [45] Control N/A N/A N/A SCAS Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 17
Perry et al [46] Control (interactive web-based program) 20-30 1-2 5-7 SCAS Postintervention, 6- and 18-month follow-up 134
Schoneveld et al [47] Conventional CBTe 60-90 1 8 SCAS Postintervention, 3- and 6-month follow-up 36
Tsui [48] Conventional CBT (web-based CBT) 60 2 3 SCAS, STAI Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 19
Schoneveld et al [49] Video game 60 2 3 SCAS Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 21
Wijnhoven et al [50] Video game 60 1 6 SCAS Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 33
Scholten et al [51] Video game 60 2 3 SCAS Postintervention, 3-month follow-up 9
Marechal et al [52] Midazolam N/A N/A N/A Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale Postintervention, 2-hour follow-up 3
Sakızcı Uyar et al [53] Midazolam, watching an informative cartoon N/A One time throughout the study N/A Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale Postintervention 4
Liu et al [54] Control (topical analgesia) N/A N/A N/A Subjective Units of Distress Postintervention 0
Butler et al [55] Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy 60-90 2 6 STAI Postintervention, 6-month follow-up 0
Bove et al [56] Video game 25 5 6 STAI Postintervention, 2-month follow-up 4
Sanchez et al [57] Control N/A N/A N/A Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised Postintervention 24
Beidel et al [58] Social effectiveness therapy 60-180 2 12 SPAI-Cf Postintervention 4
Haberkamp et al [59] Video game 12 2 1 Survey developed by the authors Midintervention, Postintervention 6
Litvin et al [60] Conventional CBT, control 10 1 5 Survey developed by the authors Midintervention, Postintervention 355

aHADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

bSTAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

cN/A: not applicable.

dSCAS: Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale.

eCBT: cognitive behavioral therapy.

fSPAI-C: Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children.