This offered the prospect of exploring the effects of similar interventions in distinct developmental and cultural settings.
Existing reviews of published reports show, overall, that the effects of similar interventions were either small or nonexistent [ 13, 62- 65].
More recently, Moreno et al. used a similar approach to adjust for small-study effects in several conventional MAs of similar interventions and outcomes and illustrated their method using the dataset of Turner et al. [ 39].
Researchers performing future studies evaluating the effect of this or similar interventions should therefore carefully consider how patient's motivation is dealt with.
This mechanism is supported by the effects of similar screening and treatment interventions in other RCTs [ 15, 20, 27].
A more in depth study of the use of informal practice in MBCT, the ways in which individuals generalise mindfulness to daily life, and the functions served by such activities are clearly important issues for future research, before it can be concluded that such practices do not contribute significantly to the effects of MBCT or other similar interventions on relapse to depression.
The effect of the interventions was similar during both recruitment winters.
Several previous studies have assessed the effect of telephony interventions on similar outcomes as ours [ 6, 7, 14, 22].
LIPGENE examined the effect of a similar dietary intervention on Si, as measured by IVGTT, in the metabolic syndrome, and showed no significant change in Si after SFA-rich and MUFA-rich diets (32).
Based on previous behavioral findings and preclinical data of tDCS inducing long-term NMDA receptor and/or BDNF-dependent plasticity, anodal tDCS of the DLPFC may be theoretically suitable for enhancing the effects of psychotherapeutic interventions similar to pharmacological strategies like d-cycloserine.
