Interactive voice response interventions targeting behaviour change: a systematic literature review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A number of promising automated behaviour change interventions have been developed using advanced phone technology. This paper reviewed the effectiveness of interactive voice response (IVR)-based interventions designed to promote changes in specific health behaviours.

Methods

A systematic literature review of papers published between January 1990 and September 2017 in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, SCOPUS and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) was conducted. From the total of 2546 papers identified, 15 randomised control trials (RCTs) met the eligibility criteria and were included in a random effects meta-analysis. Meta-regression analysis was used to explore whether behaviour change techniques (BCTs) that were used in the intervention

SUBMITTER: Tsoli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855236 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature