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Letter
Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review?
Evan Mayo-Wilson
Corresponding Author:Evan Mayo-Wilson
Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Social Work
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Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Barnett House
32 Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2ER
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1865 280339
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 270324
Email:
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Comment 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.
References
- 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]
- Klein B, Richards JC. A Brief Internet-based Treatment for Panic Disorder. Behav Cog Psychother 2001 Mar 06;29(1):113-117. [CrossRef]
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Edited by G. Eysenbach;
This is a non-peer-reviewed article.
submitted 27.06.06; accepted 30.06.06;
published 30.06.06 Please cite as: Mayo-Wilson E Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet: How Systematic was the Review? J Med Internet Res 2006;8(2):e11 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2006/2/e11 doi: 10.2196/jmir.8.2.e11 PMID: 16867966 Export Metadata: BibTeX, compatible with BibDesk, LaTeX RIS, compatible with RefMan, Procite, Endnote, RefWorks Refer, compatible with Endnote Add this article to your Mendeley library Add this article to your CiteULike library Add this article to your Connotea library |