Mobile phone-based interventions for mental health: A systematic meta-review of 14 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT: Mobile phone-based interventions have been proposed as a means for reducing the burden of disease associated with mental illness. While numerous randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses have investigated this possibility, evidence remains unclear. We conducted a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses examining mobile phone-based interventions tested in randomized controlled trials. We synthesized results from 14 meta-analyses representing 145 randomized controlled trials and 47,940 participants. We identified 34 effect sizes representing unique pairings of participants, intervention, comparisons, and outcome (PICO) and graded the strength of the evidence as using umbrella review methodology. We failed to find convincing evidence of efficacy (i.e., n > 1000, p < 10

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8881800 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature