Smartphone Apps for Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing interest in using mobile technologies such as smartphones for improving the care of patients with schizophrenia. However, less is known about the current clinical evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of smartphone apps in this population.

Objective

To review the published literature of smartphone apps applied for the care of patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

Methods

An electronic database search of Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Health Technology Assessment Database, Allied and Complementary Medicine, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, PsycINFO, and Embase was conducted on May 24, 2015. All eligible studies were systematically reviewed, and proportional meta-analyses

SUBMITTER: Firth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704940 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature