"Psychological treatments for persistent depression: A systematic review and meta- analysis of quality of life and functioning outcomes:" Correction to McPherson and Senra (2022).

Reports an error in "Psychological treatments for persistent depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quality of life and functioning outcomes" by Susan McPherson and Hugo Senra (, Advanced Online Publication, Jun 27, 2022, np). In the article, there were errors in the abstract. The confidence interval in the sentence Quality of life at follow-up: pooled = 0.21 should appear as follows: 95% CI, 0.10-0.32. In the sentence The psychological interventions were associated with improvements in patients' functioning at end-of-treatment, the pooled should appear as = 0.35. The confidence interval in the sentence Functioning at follow-up resulted in: pooled g = 0.33 should appear as follows: 95% CI, 0.15-0.51. Figure 5 also has been corrected. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-76312-001.) To date it is unclear whether psychological therapies have potential to improve quality of life and functioning in patients with persistent depression. This meta-analysis examines the effect of psychological therapies for improving quality of life and functioning in patients with persistent forms of depression. Data sources include Medline and Meta-Analytic Psychotherapy Database (METAPSY), searched 07/2021. Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials where participants had major depressive disorder on entry and met criteria for a persistent form of depression, for example, chronic, treatment resistant or recurrent depression. Standardized mean differences (Hedge's g) were calculated in random-effects meta-analyses. Fourteen studies met inclusion criteria ( = 1898). Psychological interventions were associated with improvements in patients' quality of life at the end of treatment: pooled = 0.24 (95% confidence intervals [CIs] 0.13-0.34); low to moderate levels of heterogeneity (² = 0% [95% CI 0%-41.2%]). Quality of life at follow-up: pooled = 0.21 (95% CI 0.01-0.32); low to high levels of heterogeneity considering the wide CI for ² (² = 10.36% [95% CI 0%-77.5%]). The psychological interventions were associated with improvements in patients' functioning at end of treatment: pooled = 0.34 (95% CI 0.21-0.48); low to high levels of heterogeneity considering the wide CI for ² (² = 0% [95% CI 0%-81.7%]). Functioning at follow-up resulted in: pooled = 0.33 (95% CI 0.15-0.50); low to high levels of heterogeneity considering the wide CI for ² (² = 0% [95% CI 0%-86.2%]). This meta-analysis highlights the potential benefits of psychological therapies for improving quality of life and functioning in patients with persistent depression, with strongest long-term effects for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy in combination with antidepression medication, and long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).