Efficacy of Teletherapy vs. Conventional Therapy in Improving Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis of PHQ-9 Scores Outcomes

Eur Psychiatry · 2025 · PMC12438181

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, this improvement did not reach statistical significance (Z = -1.82, P = 0.07).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Image: Image 2: Conclusions While Tele-TR showed a trend toward improvement over Conventional-CR, the findings did not achieve statistical significance.

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