SynthesisBehavior modification2015
Mobile technology boosts the effectiveness of psychotherapy and behavioral interventions: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Behavior modification, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Availability of Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Depression: A Systematic Review.Behavior therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Blended Care Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Mobile Apps for Mental Health Issues: Meta-Review of Meta-Analyses.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Blending Face-to-Face and Internet-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Mental Disorders in Adults: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Smartphone-Supported Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Binge-Eating Disorder: An Exploratory Randomized Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Trial
- Patterns of Engagement With the mHealth Component of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk Reduction Intervention for Young People With Depression: Latent Trajectory Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- The being safe, health and positively empowered pilot randomized controlled trial: A digital multicomponent intervention for immigrant women with cumulative exposures to violence.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2025Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of technology-enhanced behavioral parent training: sustained parent skill use and child outcomes at follow-up.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Trial
- A Decision Tree Analysis on the Impact of a Technology-Based Program on Symptom Distress: Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2022Trial
- Computerized Intervention in Primary Care for Women Veterans with Sexual Assault Histories and Psychosocial Health Risks: a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Trial
- Development, feasibility, acceptability and preliminary evaluation of the internet and mobile phone-based BSHAPE intervention for Immigrant survivors of cumulative trauma.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Trial
- Optimizing Engagement in Behavioral Parent Training: Progress Toward a Technology-Enhanced Treatment Model.Behavior therapy · 2021Trial
- Development and Open Trial of a Technology-Enhanced Family Intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Mood Disorders.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of smartphone self-managed recovery support services.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- New Path to Recovery and Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Study on WeChat Use and Endorsement of WeChat-Based mHealth Among People Living With Schizophrenia in China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Telehealth-Plus-mHealth Intervention for Young Adults With Cannabis Use Disorder: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- M-Health Interventions to Support Parents of Children with ADHD: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
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- Parental ADHD as a Mechanistic Barrier to Behavioral Parent Training Implementation: An Intergenerational Framework for Addressing Childhood ADHD.Brain sciences · 2026Review
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Abstract
We conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of mobile technology on treatment outcome for psychotherapy and other behavioral interventions. Our search of the literature resulted in 26 empirical articles describing 25 clinical trials testing the benefits of smartphone applications, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or text messaging systems either to supplement treatment or substitute for direct contact with a clinician. Overall, mobile technology use was associated with superior treatment outcome across all study designs and control conditions, effect size (ES) = .34, p < .0001. For the subset of 10 studies that looked specifically at the added benefit of mobile technology using a rigorous "Treatment" versus "Treatment + Mobile" design, effect sizes were only slightly more modest (ES = .27) and still significant (p < .05). Overall, the results support the role of mobile technology for the delivery of psychotherapy and other behavioral interventions.
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