Effectiveness of Conversational Agents for Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review and Network Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Agent Types, Dose, and Human Support

Pengyu Yang   ¹ , PhD ;   Ping Lei Chui   ¹ , PhD ;   Mingxin He   ² , MSN ;   Yao Wu   ³ , MSN ;   Pengfei Cheng   ⁴ , PhD ;   Minxiang Li   ^{5, 6} , MSN ;   Haojie Sun   ⁷ , BSN ;   Lurong Cai   ⁷ , BSN ;   Hua Zhang   ^{6, 8} , PhD

¹ Faculty of Nursing, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

² Department of Intensive Care Unit, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

³ Department of Nursing, Leshan Vocational and Technieal College, Leshan, Sichuan, China

⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macau, China

⁵ Department of Nursing, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China

⁶ School of Nursing, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Ziyang Psychosis Hospital, Ziyang, Sichuan, China

⁸ School of Nursing, Hainan Health Vocational College, Haikou, Hainan, China