Virtual versus Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Depression: Meta-Analytic Test of a Noninferiority Hypothesis and Men’s Mental Health Inequities

Table 2

Blended versus face-to-face CBT interventions at follow-up measurement.

	Study comparison with face-to-face CBT
	Blended CBT		Exclusively virtual CBT
% male	studies	(CI)	studies	(CI)	Between-group difference
< 20%	1	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
> 20%	3	-0.30 (-0.55, -0.05)	7	0.15 (-0.06, 0.36)	,
< 33%	1	-0.08 (-0.79, 0.64)	5	0.17 (-0.13, 0.46)	,
> 33%	2	-0.34 (-0.60, -0.07)	3	0.18 (-0.04, 0.40)	,
< 35%	2	-0.23 (-0.52, 0.06)	6	0.14 (-0.10, 0.38)	,
> 35%	1	-0.52 (-1.02, -0.02)	2	0.29 (-0.04, 0.62)	,
< 37%	2	-0.23 (-0.52, 0.06)	7	0.02 (-0.05, 0.41)	,
> 37%	1	-0.52 (-1.02, -0.02)	1	0.20 (-0.08, 0.48)	,

Note. CI: confidence intervals; n.d.: no data available. .