Table 1 Surveys collecting information on use and recommendations for self-care interventions in depression or anxiety
Author year | Country | Sample size | Sample and methods |
|---|---|---|---|
Surveys describing self-care interventions used for depression or anxiety (n = 20) | |||
Jorm 2004 [23] | Australia | N = 6618 | Postal survey of community sample of adults in Canberra and south-east New South Wales, collecting information on actions taken to cope with depression during the past 6 months. |
Olesen 2010 [27] | Australia | N = 8841 | Nationally representative face-to-face survey of Australian adults, collecting information on self-management strategies for a diagnosed affective or anxiety disorder during the past 12 months. |
Parker 2007 [24] | Australia | N = 2692 | Online survey of Australian adults who has experienced depression, investigating perceived effectiveness of self-help and other strategies. |
Parslow 2004 [26] | Australia | N = 7485 | Postal survey of community sample of adults in the Canberra environs, collecting information on use of CAM to treat symptoms of depression or anxiety. |
Proudfoot 2015 [25] | Australia | N = 465 | National online survey of Australian men investigating positive strategies to prevent and manage depression |
Holzinger 2012 [28] | Austria | N = 1205 | Telephone survey of Viennese adults assessing help-seeking and treatment recommendations in response to a vignette depicting a case of moderate depression. |
Lowe 2006 [29] | Germany | N = 87 | Face-to-face interview of outpatients with depression, investigating attitudes and preferences for self-management to improve mental well-being. |
Riedel-Heller 2005 [30] | Germany | N = 2516 | Nationally representative face-to-face interview of adults collecting information on preferred treatment options in response to a vignette representing major depressive disorder |
Carta 2014 [31] | Italy | N = 1200 | Telephone survey of Sardinian adults assessing help-seeking and treatment recommendations in response to a vignette depicting a case of depression. |
Munizza 2013 [32] | Italy | N = 1001 | Telephone survey of Italian adults assessing beliefs and attitudes regarding depression etiology and treatment. |
Shin 2014 [33] | Korea | N = 1214 | Online survey of national sample of adults from the community, patients with sub-threshold or mild depression, and psychiatrists about the use and helpfulness of self-help for depression. |
Loureiro 2013 [35] | Portugal | N = 4938 | Supervised written survey of Portuguese young people presented with a vignette depicting depression and asked questions concerning self-help strategies. |
Hsu 2009 [36] | Taiwan | N = 201 | Telephone survey of Taiwanese adults recently discharged from psychiatric hospitalization, collecting information on CAM use for depression. |
Tsai 2006 [37] | Taiwan | N = 220 | Face-to-face interviews of elderly nursing home residents, investigating self-care strategies to manage depressive symptoms. |
The Netherlands | N = 193 | Online survey assessing use and perceived helpfulness of self-management strategies in participants recently recovered from an episode of major depression. | |
Bazargan 2008 [39] | USA | N = 315 | Face-to-face interview regarding frequency and type of CAM use for depression among sample of primarily African American and Hispanic individuals at clinics in Los Angeles, California screening positive for mild to severe depression. |
Bystritsky 2012 [40] | USA | N = 1004 | Telephone survey of CAM therapies to help with ‘mood or energy’ among primary care patients diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and participating in a randomized trial (CALM). |
Grzywacz 2002 [42] | USA | N = 5827 | In-person survey of a national sample of older adults (age 65+) collecting information on CAM use to treat mental health. |
Kessler 2001 [38] | USA | N = 266 | Telephone survey of nationally representative sample of adults on CAM therapies used for treatment of self-defined ‘anxiety attacks’ or ‘severe depression’ during the previous 12 months. |
Musil 2017 [41] | USA | N = 335 | Mailed survey assessing self-management of depression symptoms among Ohio grandmothers with self-identified depression. |
Surveys recommending self-care interventions for depression or anxiety (n = 3) | |||
Morgan 2009 [44] | Australia | N = 97 | Delphi survey of international panel of experts and consumers on recommended interventions for sub-threshold depression |
Morgan 2016 [43] | Australia | N = 83 | Delphi survey of international panel of experts and consumers on recommended interventions for sub-threshold anxiety |
Nordgreen 2011 [45] | Norway | N = 815 | Online survey of Norwegian psychologists, collecting information on self-help strategies recommended to patients with anxiety or depression. |