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Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review?

Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review?

Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review?

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Evan Mayo-Wilson
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    Related ArticlesComment on: Griffiths F, Lindenmeyer A, Powell J, Lowe P, Thorogood M. Why Are Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet? A Systematic Review of the Published Literature. J Med Internet Res. 2006 Jun 23;7(2) p. e10 http://www.jmir.org/2006/2/e10/
    Comment in: Griffiths F. Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review? - Author's Reply. J Med Internet Res. 2006 Jun 30;8(2) p. e12 http://www.jmir.org/2006/2/e12/
    J Med Internet Res 2006;8(2):e11

    doi:10.2196/jmir.8.2.e11


    I found the title and description of the recent review by Griffiths et al. [1] misleading. The authors describe their paper as "a systematic review". However, the article fails to cite several published (and indexed) trials of internet-delivered therapy (e.g. [2]). The search strategy and inclusion criteria were neither transparent nor replicable. The authors note that they did not "set out to identify every published eHealth intervention paper" yet give no reason to believe that the sample obtained is representative of the population of studies being reviewed.

    1. Griffiths F, Lindenmeyer A, Powell J, Lowe P, Thorogood M. Why Are Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet? A Systematic Review of the Published Literature. J Med Internet Res 2006 Jun 23;7(2):e10 [FREE Full text] [CrossRef]
    2. Klein B, Richards JC. A Brief Internet-based Treatment for Panic Disorder. Behav Cog Psychother 2001 Mar 06;29(1):113-117. [CrossRef]

    Edited by G Eysenbach; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 27.06.06; accepted 30.06.06; published 30.06.06

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