SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2016
Efficacy of e-technologies in improving breastfeeding outcomes among perinatal women: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04826796 (Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Digital Health Interventions on Breastfeeding Rates, Self-Efficacy, and Knowledge: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Contextual success and pitfalls of mHealth service for maternal and child health in Africa: An Intervention, Context, Actors, Mechanism, and Outcome (ICAMO) framework guided systematic review of qualitative evidence.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Teleintervention's effects on breastfeeding in low-income women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing the effect of mHealth on child feeding practice in African countries: systematic and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- The Value of Mobile Health in Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes Among Perinatal or Postpartum Women: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Internet-Based Electronic Technology Interventions on Breastfeeding Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Information and Communication Systems to Tackle Barriers to Breastfeeding: Systematic Search and Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy of e-technologies in improving breastfeeding outcomes among perinatal women: a meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Pooled it
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- The effects of video-assisted breastfeeding education given to primiparous pregnant women on breastfeeding self-efficacy: randomized control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and effectiveness of WhatsApp online group on breastfeeding by peer counsellors: a single-blinded, open-label pilot randomized controlled study.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Trial
- The effect of electronic job aid assisted one-to-one counselling to support exclusive breastfeeding among 0-5-month-old infants in rural Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Trial
- Comparing a Mobile Phone Automated System With a Paper and Email Data Collection System: Substudy Within a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- Improving Breastfeeding by Empowering Mothers in Vietnam: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Mobile App.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Agile Development and Testing of a Gamified Human Milk Feeding Education Mobile App for Participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Co-Design Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Mobile Apps and Websites With Breastfeeding-Related Content in Germany: Cross-Sectional and Evaluation Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- The Neo-MILK Web App as a Health Technology to Support Mothers of Preterm and Sick Neonates During Lactation: Usability Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Preliminary Effectiveness of a Postnatal mHealth and Virtual Social Support Intervention on Newborn and Infant Health and Feeding Practices in Punjab, India: Quasi-Experimental Pre-Post Pilot Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Infant Feeding Practices Among Indigenous Women in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results From the Maternal and Infant Health Project.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- A Mobile App for Promoting Breastfeeding-Friendly Communities in Hong Kong: Design and Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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Abstract
A growing line of research has highlighted that e-technologies may play a promising role in improving breastfeeding outcomes. The objective of this review was to synthesise the best of available evidence by conducting a meta-analysis to evaluate whether e-technologies have had any effect in improving breastfeeding outcomes among perinatal women. The review was conducted using nine electronic databases to search for English-language research studies from 2007 to 2014. A 'risk of bias' table was used to assess methodological quality. Meta-analysis was performed with the RevMan software. The Q test and I(2) test was used to assess the heterogeneity. The test of overall effect was assessed using z-statistics at P < 0.05. Of 1842 studies identified through electronic searches and reference lists, 16 experimental studies were selected after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Half of the selected studies had a low risk of bias, from which a total of 5505 women in six countries in these studies were included. Meta-analyses revealed that e-technologies significantly improved exclusive breastfeeding initiation (z = 6.90, P < 0.00001), exclusive breastfeeding at 4 weeks (z = 2.12, P = 0.03) and 6 months (z = 3.2, P = 0.001), breastfeeding attitude (z = 3.01, P = 0.003) and breastfeeding knowledge (z = 4.54, P = < 0.00001) in subgroup analyses. This review provides support for the development of web-based, texting messaging, compact disc read-only memory, electronic prompts and interactive computer agent interventions for promoting and supporting breastfeeding.
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