Why we need to pursue both universal and targeted prevention to reduce the incidence of affective and psychotic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sebastien Brodeur, Dominic Oliver*, Muhammad Ahmed, Joaquim Radua, Jemma Venables, Yueming Gao, Vincenzo Gigante, Giulia Veneziano, Giulia Vinci, Edward Chesney, Sunil Nandha, Andrea De Micheli, Ilaria Basadonne, Valentina Floris, Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Paolo Fusar-Poli

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effectiveness of universal preventive approaches in reducing the incidence of affective/psychotic disorders is unclear. We therefore aimed to synthesise the available evidence from randomised controlled trials. For studies reporting change in prevalence, we simulated all possible scenarios for the proportion of individuals with the disorder at baseline and at follow-up to exclude them. We then combined these data with studies directly measuring incidence and conducted random effects meta-analysis with relative risk (RR) to estimate the incidence in the intervention group compared to the control group. Eighteen studies (k=21 samples) were included investigating the universal prevention of depression in 66,625 individuals. No studies were available investigating universal prevention on the incidence of bipolar/psychotic disorders. 63% of simulated scenarios showed a significant preventive effect on reducing the incidence of depression (k=9-19, RR=0.75-0.94, 95%CIs=0.55-0.87,0.93-1.15, p=0.007-0.246) but did not survive sensitivity analyses. There is some limited evidence for the effectiveness of universal interventions for reducing the incidence of depression but not for bipolar/psychotic disorders.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 7 Apr 2024

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