Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Mar 15, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Mar 16, 2018 - Jun 20, 2018
Date Accepted: Jun 20, 2018
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Web-Based Cognitive Bias Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders: Protocol for a Systematic Review
Background:
Traditional psychological therapies focus mainly on modification of individuals’ conscious decision-making process. Unconscious processes, such as cognitive biases, have been found accountable for various psychiatric psychopathologies, and advances in technologies have transformed how bias modification programs are being delivered.
Objective:
The primary aim of this review is to synthesize evidence of Web-based cognitive bias modification intervention for bias reduction. The secondary aim is to determine the change in symptoms for individual psychiatric disorders following bias modification.
Methods:
A systematic review will be conducted including only randomized trials. There will be no restrictions on participants included in the study. A search will be conducted on the respective databases until 2017. Selection of studies will be by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA-P) guidelines. Quality assessment of included studies will be conducted using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. A narrative synthesis of identified articles will then be conducted. A meta-analysis will be considered only if there are sufficient articles in a domain for statistical analysis. Ethical approval for this protocol and the planned systematic review was not required.
Results:
We expect that the review will be completed 12 months from publication of this protocol.
Conclusions:
This review is of importance given how technology has transformed delivery of conventional therapies. Findings from this review will guide future research involving technology and cognitive bias modification interventions.
ClinicalTrial:
International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO): 2017 CRD42017074754; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=74754 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/ 71AvSgZGn)
International Registered Report:
RR1-10.2196/10427
Citation
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