Table 3.
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.