E-COMPARED – European Comparative Effectiveness Research on Internet-based Depression Treatment

Mission

The European project E-COMPARED conducts comparative effectiveness research in different mental care settings on the (cost-) effectiveness of blended internet-based treatment for depression in comparison with standard care. Read more about us –>

Goals

Evaluate EU mental health policies/guidelines for standard and internet-based care for depression in specialized care settings in countries with different health care systems and access levels of standard and internet-based care
Compare clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of blended internet-based treatment and treatment as usual for depression within controlled research settings
Predict which patient groups could benefit from internet-based treatment vs. standard treatment by modeling patient characteristics
Develop evidence based recommendations on how internet-based depression treatment can be cost-effectively integrated into routine specialized care systems for depression in EU mental health care systems.
Develop a business case to ensure structural implementation of these services

Recent blog posts

Online against depression in Germany: How can the internet and a mobile app help to improve the treatment of depression?

04 Apr 2017|Comments Off on Online against depression in Germany: How can the internet and a mobile app help to improve the treatment of depression?

Author: by Ilona Hörath Feeling down, weak or listless are feelings everyone can relate to. It’s normal to have a “bad day” from time to time. However, if you are [...]

New video blog

27 Jan 2017|Comments Off on New video blog

We proudly present our new video blog on this website and the YouTube channel „E-COMPARED“. The aim of the short videos in this channel is to provide you with information [...]

Interview: Meet the project management team of E-COMPARED

01 Dec 2016|Comments Off on Interview: Meet the project management team of E-COMPARED

I briefly met with the project management team of the E-COMPARED project (Heleen Riper, Christiaan Vis, and Jan Smit) and Annet Kleiboer (the representative of WP2) after the 4th consortium [...]

Can Internet reduce the economic burden resulting from depression?

15 Jun 2016|Comments Off on Can Internet reduce the economic burden resulting from depression?

One of the aims of E-COMPARED is to examine the value for money of a blended (Internet-based and face-to-face) treatment for depression. Internet-based treatments are offered to patients through secure [...]

Therapist experiences with the blended treatment using Moodbuster in the Netherlands

06 Jun 2016|Comments Off on Therapist experiences with the blended treatment using Moodbuster in the Netherlands

In July 2015, we started with the recruitment of patients for the E-Compared trial in the Netherlands where blended treatment is compared to usual care for depression in routine specialized [...]

German therapists and their experiences with Moodbuster

21 Mar 2016|Comments Off on German therapists and their experiences with Moodbuster

Depression is one of the most common disorders with an intense burden of disease associated with high health care costs. Currently there are 4 Million people in Germany affected by [...]

Video blog

E-Compared explained in short

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More than 30 million Europeans are affected by depression. Read about our mission …

Comparative Effectiveness
Regular care is compared to ‘blended’ treatment.
Read about our research …

Evidence-based
Provide evidence-based recommendations.
Read about the results …