Persuasive design principle of social support in digital interventions targeting mental health symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the available evidence on efficacy of social support strategies, as defined by the persuasive system design framework, in internet-based and mobile-based interventions (IMI) targeting mental health.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Randomised controlled trials comparing IMI implementing a social support strategy for mental health symptoms to various control conditions. Publications up to June 2023 (date of search 6 June 2023) were considered.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two independent reviewers screened and extracted data in accordance with Prefe

SUBMITTER: Mutter A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552557 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature