The effectiveness of mobile-health technologies to improve health care service delivery processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health interventions could have beneficial effects on health care delivery processes. We aimed to conduct a systematic review of controlled trials of mobile technology interventions to improve health care delivery processes.

Methods and findings

We searched for all controlled trials of mobile technology based health interventions using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Global Health, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, UK NHS HTA (Jan 1990-Sept 2010). Two authors independently extracted data on allocation concealment, allocation sequence, blinding, completeness of follow-up, and measures of effect. We calculated effect estimates and we used random effects meta-analysis to give pooled estimates. We identified 42 trials. None of the trials had low risk of bias. Seven

SUBMITTER: Free C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566926 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature