The Effectiveness Of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) And Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (ICBT) As Non-Pharmacological Interventions On Patients With Anxiety: A Systematic Review

摘要

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is one of the non-pharmacology interventions that can be used to treat anxiety in patients. The objective was to know the effectiveness of CBT and Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (ICBT) to reduce anxiety. The key words used were CBT and anxiety. Journal articles search were done electronically using multiple databases, namely: DOAJ, Sage, Proquest, Medline, Google Scholar, Science Direct and Elsevier. Limitation year used was eight years (2008-2016). From the results obtained fifteen kinds of literature selected from 1597 journal articles found. Fifteen studies raised in this study do not all have control groups. Combined findings of this study provided support for the use of CBT as a treatment that can be used to treat anxiety disorders. To increase the effectiveness of CBT, some researchers developed into internet applications, namely ICBT. In improving further research, it needs applicative modules as a guide in the application of CBT for patients with anxiety disorders, either conventional CBT or Internet-based CBT.