Pub Date : 2025-12-04DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2588173
Lars-Göran Öst, Martin Brattmyr, Pia Enebrink, Anna Finnes, Ata Ghaderi, Ingunn Hansdottir, Audun Havnen, Urdur Njardvik, Sigrid Salomonsson, Gro Janne Wergeland
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of different types of CBTs for ID in adults treated in routine clinical care. Ovid MEDLINE, Embase OVID, and PsycINFO were systematically searched for studies published until January 2025. The effectiveness of CBT, methodological quality, and moderators of treatment outcomes were examined and benchmarked by meta-analytically comparing them with efficacy studies for ID. Thirty-two studies were included, comprising 5231 participants. Very large within-group effect sizes (ES; Hedges' g) were obtained for ID-severity at post-treatment (1.87), and follow-up (1.68), on average 12 months post-treatment. Remission rates were 45% post-treatment and 51% at follow-up. Attrition rate was 13.9%. Risk of bias was considerable in the majority of studies. The benchmarking analysis showed that effectiveness studies (1.83) had almost exactly the same ES as efficacy studies (1.82) at post-treatment. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between effectiveness and efficacy studies on sleep diary measures, remission rates, and self-ratings of depression and anxiety. CBTs for ID are effective when delivered in routine clinical care, with ESs comparable to those found in efficacy studies. However, the evidence needs to be interpreted with caution because of the risk of bias in a high proportion of studies.Prospero registration id: CRD420251032141.
{"title":"Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult insomnia disorder in routine clinical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Lars-Göran Öst, Martin Brattmyr, Pia Enebrink, Anna Finnes, Ata Ghaderi, Ingunn Hansdottir, Audun Havnen, Urdur Njardvik, Sigrid Salomonsson, Gro Janne Wergeland","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2588173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2588173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of different types of CBTs for ID in adults treated in routine clinical care. Ovid MEDLINE, Embase OVID, and PsycINFO were systematically searched for studies published until January 2025. The effectiveness of CBT, methodological quality, and moderators of treatment outcomes were examined and benchmarked by meta-analytically comparing them with efficacy studies for ID. Thirty-two studies were included, comprising 5231 participants. Very large within-group effect sizes (ES; Hedges' g) were obtained for ID-severity at post-treatment (1.87), and follow-up (1.68), on average 12 months post-treatment. Remission rates were 45% post-treatment and 51% at follow-up. Attrition rate was 13.9%. Risk of bias was considerable in the majority of studies. The benchmarking analysis showed that effectiveness studies (1.83) had almost exactly the same ES as efficacy studies (1.82) at post-treatment. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between effectiveness and efficacy studies on sleep diary measures, remission rates, and self-ratings of depression and anxiety. CBTs for ID are effective when delivered in routine clinical care, with ESs comparable to those found in efficacy studies. However, the evidence needs to be interpreted with caution because of the risk of bias in a high proportion of studies.<b>Prospero registration id</b>: CRD420251032141.</p>","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145667468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2597846
Amy R Senger, Zachary S Ayers, Michael J Zvolensky, Matthew W Gallagher
Gratitude and hope are established predictors of mental and physical health and well-being. Scarce literature investigates relevant mediators of these relationships in a single model and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study investigated the mediating role of health anxiety (measured three months after baseline) in the relationship of gratitude and hope at baseline with alcohol use, fatigue, pain, and well-being six months later. The sample was composed of 788 mostly male (58.1%), White (70.3%), middle-aged adults (Mage = 38.0, SD = 11.8). Structural equation models (SEM) were used to analyze the data. Gratitude at baseline's indirect effect of health anxiety three months later was both small and negative for alcohol use (ab = ‒.06, 95% CI [-.10, -.03]) and pain (ab = ‒3.01, 95% CI [-4.34, -1.68]). Health anxiety appears to be a robust mediator of the relationship between gratitude and mental and physical health outcomes. Hope was a stronger and more direct predictor of well-being compared to gratitude. The findings of this study may provide evidence for examining health anxiety levels as a risk factor when trying to promote resilience factors in individuals who report health issues, particularly during times of environmental contagion.
{"title":"Health anxiety as a mediator between resilience factors, and physical health and well-being over time during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Amy R Senger, Zachary S Ayers, Michael J Zvolensky, Matthew W Gallagher","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2597846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2597846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gratitude and hope are established predictors of mental and physical health and well-being. Scarce literature investigates relevant mediators of these relationships in a single model and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study investigated the mediating role of health anxiety (measured three months after baseline) in the relationship of gratitude and hope at baseline with alcohol use, fatigue, pain, and well-being six months later. The sample was composed of 788 mostly male (58.1%), White (70.3%), middle-aged adults (<i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 38.0, <i>SD</i> = 11.8). Structural equation models (SEM) were used to analyze the data. Gratitude at baseline's indirect effect of health anxiety three months later was both small and negative for alcohol use (<i>ab</i> = ‒.06, 95% CI [-.10, -.03]) and pain (<i>ab</i> = ‒3.01, 95% CI [-4.34, -1.68]). Health anxiety appears to be a robust mediator of the relationship between gratitude and mental and physical health outcomes. Hope was a stronger and more direct predictor of well-being compared to gratitude. The findings of this study may provide evidence for examining health anxiety levels as a risk factor when trying to promote resilience factors in individuals who report health issues, particularly during times of environmental contagion.</p>","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145653805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2595107
Dorian Kern, Brjánn Ljótsson, Sergiu-Bogdan Catrina, Nils Lindefors, Martin Kraepelien
{"title":"Digital tools for exposure and problem-solving in type 1 diabetes mellitus: a feasibility investigation","authors":"Dorian Kern, Brjánn Ljótsson, Sergiu-Bogdan Catrina, Nils Lindefors, Martin Kraepelien","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2595107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2595107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"172 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145611506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2592230
Silje Haukenes Stavestrand, Kristine Sirevåg, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Karsten Specht, Helge Molde, Hans M. Nordahl, Trygve Bruun Endal, Julian F. Thayer, Trond Sjøbø, Jan Mohlman, Eva Andersson, Åsa Hammar, Anne Halmøy, Anders Hovland
{"title":"Physical exercise augments cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial","authors":"Silje Haukenes Stavestrand, Kristine Sirevåg, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Karsten Specht, Helge Molde, Hans M. Nordahl, Trygve Bruun Endal, Julian F. Thayer, Trond Sjøbø, Jan Mohlman, Eva Andersson, Åsa Hammar, Anne Halmøy, Anders Hovland","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2592230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2592230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"149 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145611504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2583119
Lyndsey N. Graham, Veronika Vozka, Dan Foti, Anne Wheeler, Kelly LeMaire, Allie Carter, Stephen Tueller, Mandy Rispoli, William Fadel, Wei Siong Neo, Kaleb Emerson, Riley Naughton, Eve Frank, Bridgette Kelleher
{"title":"Comparing evidence-based telemental health treatments for caregivers of children with Prader Willi and Williams syndromes: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes","authors":"Lyndsey N. Graham, Veronika Vozka, Dan Foti, Anne Wheeler, Kelly LeMaire, Allie Carter, Stephen Tueller, Mandy Rispoli, William Fadel, Wei Siong Neo, Kaleb Emerson, Riley Naughton, Eve Frank, Bridgette Kelleher","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2583119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2583119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145553337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2589387
S. Demir, E.-L. Brakemeier, T. Kaiser
{"title":"Does structured, psychometrically based feedback discussion cause improvements of the therapeutic alliance? A single-case experimental study","authors":"S. Demir, E.-L. Brakemeier, T. Kaiser","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2589387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2589387","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"111 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145553336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2590537
Henrik Nordahl, Frederick Anyan, Eivind R. Strand, Peter Sævik, Henrik Jacobsson, Adrian Wells
The metacognitive model of psychological disorders emphasises common causal factors across psychopathologies and assigns a central role to maladaptation in metacognition. Metacognitions concerning the uncontrollability of thoughts are considered central, occurring in most disorders, whilst other more specific metacognitions, make additional contributions to particular disorders. The Meta-cognitions about Health Anxiety questionnaire (MCQ-HA) was developed to assess metacognitive beliefs relevant to health anxiety and includes three subdomains: beliefs that thoughts cause illness; beliefs about biased thinking; and beliefs that thoughts are uncontrollable. As these metacognitive domains may improve our understanding of health anxiety, the aim of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties of the MCQ-HA in a Norwegian sample and test the fit of the metacognitive model applied to health anxiety symptoms. Eight-hundred and thirty-nine participants completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the a-priori three-factor solution of the MCQ-HA, with acceptable internal consistency and demonstrable convergent- and incremental validity. A test of the goodness of fit of a pre-specified metacognitive model of health anxiety based on associations indicated a good model fit. Our findings support the use of the MCQ-HA and support the metacognitive conceptualisation of health anxiety symptoms.
{"title":"Metacognitive beliefs in health anxiety: psychometric evaluation of the MCQ-HA and a test of the metacognitive model applied to health anxiety in a Norwegian sample","authors":"Henrik Nordahl, Frederick Anyan, Eivind R. Strand, Peter Sævik, Henrik Jacobsson, Adrian Wells","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2590537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2590537","url":null,"abstract":"The metacognitive model of psychological disorders emphasises common causal factors across psychopathologies and assigns a central role to maladaptation in metacognition. Metacognitions concerning the uncontrollability of thoughts are considered central, occurring in most disorders, whilst other more specific metacognitions, make additional contributions to particular disorders. The Meta-cognitions about Health Anxiety questionnaire (MCQ-HA) was developed to assess metacognitive beliefs relevant to health anxiety and includes three subdomains: beliefs that thoughts cause illness; beliefs about biased thinking; and beliefs that thoughts are uncontrollable. As these metacognitive domains may improve our understanding of health anxiety, the aim of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties of the MCQ-HA in a Norwegian sample and test the fit of the metacognitive model applied to health anxiety symptoms. Eight-hundred and thirty-nine participants completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the a-priori three-factor solution of the MCQ-HA, with acceptable internal consistency and demonstrable convergent- and incremental validity. A test of the goodness of fit of a pre-specified metacognitive model of health anxiety based on associations indicated a good model fit. Our findings support the use of the MCQ-HA and support the metacognitive conceptualisation of health anxiety symptoms.","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145545934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-18DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2589392
Sarah Keltz, Lindsey Quintana, Kristin L. Szuhany, Samrachana Adhikari, Alberta Twi-Yeboah, Amanda W. Baker, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Elizabeth Hoge, Eric Bui, Susanne S. Hoeppner, David Rosenfield, Stefan G. Hofmann, Naomi M. Simon
Homework is a potential contributor to treatment response in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety, but less is known regarding the importance of yoga homework for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This study examined the impact of homework engagement on treatment response within a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 12 weeks of group CBT, Kundalini Yoga (KY), or stress education (SE) in a subsample of 190 adults with GAD (71% female, Mean age = 33 ± 13) who attended ≥2 sessions and submitted ≥1 homework log. Participants in CBT and KY showed greater overall homework engagement than those in SE (ps < .05). Across treatment arms, staff-rated homework compliance (p = .002, OR = 1.74), but not participant-reported days per week engaged in homework (p = .108), predicted clinical response at post-treatment ("response"). Greater staff-rated homework compliance was related to a greater response for those in CBT (p = .005, OR = 2.49) and KY (p = .049, OR = 1.66), but not SE. Greater participant-reported homework days per week was only marginally related to response to CBT (p = .054, OR = 1.71), and was not related to response to KY or SE. These findings highlight the importance of homework engagement in CBT for GAD. More research is needed to further elucidate the role of homework engagement in yoga for GAD.TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01912287; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01912287.
在焦虑的认知行为疗法(CBT)中,家庭作业对治疗效果有潜在的影响,但关于瑜伽作业对广泛性焦虑症(GAD)的重要性,人们知之甚少。本研究在一项随机对照试验(RCT)中检测了作业参与对治疗反应的影响,该随机对照试验(RCT)对190名GAD成人(71%女性,平均年龄= 33±13)进行了为期12周的组CBT、昆达里尼瑜伽(KY)或压力教育(SE),这些患者参加≥2次会议并提交≥1份作业日志。CBT和KY的参与者比SE的参与者表现出更大的家庭作业投入(ps < 0.05)。在治疗组中,工作人员评定的家庭作业依从性(p =。002, OR = 1.74),但不包括参与者报告的每周从事家庭作业的天数(p = 1.74)。108),预测治疗后的临床反应(“反应”)。教师评定的作业依从性越高,CBT组的反应越好(p =)。005, OR = 2.49)和KY (p =。049, OR = 1.66),但不是SE。参与者报告的每周作业天数越多,对CBT的反应就越少(p =)。054, OR = 1.71),且与对KY或SE的反应无关。这些发现强调了作业参与在CBT治疗广泛性焦虑症中的重要性。需要更多的研究来进一步阐明作业参与在瑜伽治疗广泛性焦虑症中的作用。试验注册:clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01912287;https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01912287。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2583114
Sara L. M. Velthuizen, Miranda C. Lutz, Esther van den Bos, Anne C. Miers, P. Michiel Westenberg
{"title":"The effectiveness of supplemental and replacement blended cognitive behavioral therapy for internalizing disorders: a meta-analysis","authors":"Sara L. M. Velthuizen, Miranda C. Lutz, Esther van den Bos, Anne C. Miers, P. Michiel Westenberg","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2583114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2583114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145448178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-06-04DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2025.2511088
Samantha J Rushworth, Siena K Tugendrajch, Torrey A Creed, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Michael Steinberg, Emily Becker-Haimes
Implementation efforts to increase delivery of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) require ongoing consultation to support the necessary skill development, intervention delivery, and sustainability of its practice in the face of common barriers. However, many ethical challenges can arise within consultation across implementation research and practice at both an individual and organizational level that are not easily resolved within current ethical guidelines. In this paper, we highlight the role of consultation in implementation science and practice and illustrate major ethical challenges that can arise in CBT consultation (i.e. role clarity, influence and power dynamics, professional differences, legal requirements), providing relevant case examples. We then offer practical suggestions for consultants to effectively and proactively address ethically challenging situations, guided by a structured problem-solving framework with reflective questions. We present an extended case example to demonstrate the utility of the proposed framework to support clinicians-particularly practitioners engaged in training and consultation-to support delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. We conclude by discussing important future directions as they relate to ethical consultation practices to advance CBT implementation.
{"title":"Ethical considerations and practical suggestions for CBT consultation in mental health implementation research and practice.","authors":"Samantha J Rushworth, Siena K Tugendrajch, Torrey A Creed, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Michael Steinberg, Emily Becker-Haimes","doi":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2511088","DOIUrl":"10.1080/16506073.2025.2511088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implementation efforts to increase delivery of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) require ongoing consultation to support the necessary skill development, intervention delivery, and sustainability of its practice in the face of common barriers. However, many ethical challenges can arise within consultation across implementation research and practice at both an individual and organizational level that are not easily resolved within current ethical guidelines. In this paper, we highlight the role of consultation in implementation science and practice and illustrate major ethical challenges that can arise in CBT consultation (i.e. role clarity, influence and power dynamics, professional differences, legal requirements), providing relevant case examples. We then offer practical suggestions for consultants to effectively and proactively address ethically challenging situations, guided by a structured problem-solving framework with reflective questions. We present an extended case example to demonstrate the utility of the proposed framework to support clinicians-particularly practitioners engaged in training and consultation-to support delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. We conclude by discussing important future directions as they relate to ethical consultation practices to advance CBT implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10535,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Behaviour Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"712-728"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144215164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}