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. 2022 Jul 8;8(3):e36255. doi: 10.2196/36255

Table 3.

Intervention efficacy: proportion of reviews reporting favorable results per outcome.


Distress (n=9), n (%) Depression (n=13), n (%) Anxiety (n=5), n (%) Stress (n=4), n (%) Quality of life (n=17), n (%) Well-being (n=4), n (%)
Mostly favorable outcomesa 3 (33) 10 (77) 1 (20) 4 (100) 6 (35) 1 (25)
Mixed findingsa 1 (11) 1 (8) 3 (60) 0 (0) 2 (12) 0 (0)
Mostly null or negative findingsa 5 (56) 2 (15) 1 (20) 0 (0) 9 (53) 3 (75)

aMostly favorable outcomes are defined as a majority of studies finding at least significant pre-post effects. Mixed findings refer to reviews where 38% to 50% of the studies found significant pre-post effects. Mostly null or negative findings refer to reviews where <38% (3/8) of the included studies found positive effects.