Tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) aplicadas al tratamiento de los problemas de ansiedad

Abstract

The overall objective of this article is to review the studies published between January 2008 and December 2018 on the use and efficacy of interventions that use ICT in the treatment of anxiety problems. A total of 22 studies are reviewed, and different forms of ICT implementation are described. Although the studies reviewed appear to indicate a significant reduction in anxiety symptoms, it should be noted that the 22 studies differ in aspects like the Berta Ausin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-0275 es Docente en el Departamento de Personalidad y Evaluación Psicólogica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. España. Natalia Regidor, es Psicóloga en CES EDUCA. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. España. La correspondencia de este artículo debe ser enviada a Berta Ausín al email: bausin@ucm.es Tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) aplicadas al tratamiento de los problemas de ansiedad Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Applied to the Treatment of Anxiety Problems 2 TIC en el TraTamIenTo de problemas de ansIedad Revista Clínica Contemporánea (2020), 11, e11, 1-19 https://doi.org/10.5093/cc2020a8 © 2020 Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid ISSN: 1989-9912 number and age of the participants, type of anxiety disorder under study, type of intervention (App, online, virtual reality, etc.), design and outcome variables and assessment instruments chosen. All these differences make it difficult to draw strong conclusions regarding the efficacy of the use of ICT in the treatment of anxiety problems.