Inconsistent outcome measurement in depression psychotherapy trials: A systematic historical and meta-analytic review over the past 50 years
Despite increases in PHQ-9 and HRSD administration, OMI heterogeneity in depression psychotherapy research has grown over the past 50 years. Since different OMIs, especially CES-D and GDS, affect treatment effect estimates, meta-analyses incorporating various OMIs for depression should be interpreted cautiously. Core outcome sets for depression could improve robustness of meta-analytic evidence.
Authors
- Pim J. Cuijpers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5497-2743)
- Paula Kuper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7481-976X)
- Antonia A Sprenger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-7702)
- Clara Miguel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-5896)
- Mathias Harrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-2687)
- Eirini Karyotaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-2599)
- Eiko I. Fried (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-594X)
- Christian Apfelbacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3805-8219)
- Claudia Buntrock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-5455)
- Susan Illing
Institutions
- Leiden University (NL)
- University of Applied Sciences Leiden (NL)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120873
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39