Cochrane · systematic review · CD011270
Psychological therapies for preventing seasonal affective disorder
Forneris, CA, Nussbaumer‐Streit, B, Morgan, LC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library
Common Mental DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) for prevention of seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Population: adults with a history of SAD but without depressive symptoms when treatment started
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Incidence of SAD (IDS‐SR > 20) Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) vs treatment | RR 0.88 [0.6, 1.3] | 1 study · 46 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Severity of SAD ( Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) vs treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 32 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Overall discontinuation rate Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) vs treatment | RR 1.33 [0.34, 5.3] | 1 study · 46 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |