A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
Resources from Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust have been generously given in kind for the purpose
of the execution of the study: we primarily wish to thank the R&D and clinical team members for their
support in bringing this study to completion. Special thanks to Seema Dihr, Data Analyst at Berkshire
NHS Foundation Trust, for her enormously valuable contribution in providing the anonymous dataset
which provided the basis for the study cohort. The study was funded by SilverCloud Health and Berkshire
Healthcare Foundation Trust. Open access funding provided by IReL.
C O N F L I C T O F I N T E R E S T
Authors Palacios, Adegoke, Wogan, Duffy, Earley, Enrique and Richards are employees of SilverCloud
Health. SilverCloud Health is a commercial entity that develops computerized psychological interven-
tions for depression, anxiety, stress and comorbid long-term conditions and sells these to Health Services
globally. In England, the SilverCloud service is delivered free to patients through the Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Commercial departments within SilverCloud Health played
no role in the analysis or interpretation of data.
DA TA AVA I L A B I L I T Y S TA T E M E N T
The data for this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly
available due to privacy restrictions, being data that relates to third party service provision and evalua-
tion, which was shared solely for the intended purpose of the objectives outlined in this paper.
O R C I D
Jorge Palacios
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-5507
Adedeji Adegoke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2870-9532
Rebecca Wogan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-3064
Daniel Duffy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9722-0437
Caroline Earley https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5303-0893
Angel Enrique https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-4008
Derek Richards https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0871-4078
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