The effectiveness of mobile-health technology-based health behaviour change or disease management interventions for health care consumers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of mobile technology interventions delivered to health care consumers.

Methods and findings

We searched for all controlled trials of mobile technology-based health interventions delivered to health care consumers using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Global Health, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, UK NHS HTA (Jan 1990-Sept 2010). Two authors extracted data on allocation concealment, allocation sequence, blinding, completeness of follow-up, and measures of effect. We calculated effect estimates and used random effects meta-analysis. We identified 75 trials. Fifty-nine trials investigated the use of m

SUBMITTER: Free C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3548655 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature