A meta-analysis of computer-tailored interventions for health behavior change.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Computer-tailored interventions have become increasingly common for facilitating improvement in behaviors related to chronic disease and health promotion. A sufficient number of outcome studies from these interventions are now available to facilitate the quantitative analysis of effect sizes, permitting moderator analyses that were not possible with previous systematic reviews.

Method

The present study employs meta-analytic techniques to assess the mean effect for 88 computer-tailored interventions published between 1988 and 2009 focusing on four health behaviors: smoking cessation, physical activity, eating a healthy diet, and receiving regular mammography screening. Effect sizes were calculated using Hedges g. Study, tailoring, and demographic moderators were exa

SUBMITTER: Krebs P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2939185 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature