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Internet-based interventions for postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Nursing open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 26 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of prenatal online interventions on postpartum depressive symptoms and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of digital health interventions on postpartum depression or anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of digital psychological interventions in reducing perinatal depression: a systematic review of meta-analyses.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of computer- and/or internet-based cognitive-behavioral guided self-management for depression in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to improve social support among postpartum mothers: A systematic review.Health promotion perspectives · 2022Pooled it
- Internet-based interventions for postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2021Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial of Sunnyside: Individual versus group-based online interventions to prevent postpartum depression.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Trial
- Examining the Effectiveness of Mothers and Babies Online Delivered in Home Visiting: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Research square · 2026Article
- LoVE4MUM Mobile App to Prevent Postpartum Depression: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services for Antepartum and Postpartum Women Through Telemental Health Services at Wellbeing Centers in Selected Health Facilities in Bangladesh: Implementation Research.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Using YouTube Comments Data to Explore Postpartum Depression in Social Media: An Infodemiology Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- PandaMom - Feasibility and acceptability of an internet- and mobile-based intervention to enhance peripartum mental well-being and to prevent postpartum depression.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- An evaluation of digital intervention for perinatal depression and anxiety: A systematic review.AIMS public health · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of digital health interventions for perinatal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Oxford open digital health · 2024Review
- Relationship Factors in Internet-Delivered Psychological Interventions for Veterans Experiencing Postpartum Depression: Qualitative Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- App-based intervention for reducing depressive symptoms in postpartum women: Protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2023Article
- The Efficacy of Be a Mom, a Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression: Examining Mechanisms of Change in a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Perinatal mental e-health: What is the profile of pregnant women interested in online assessment of their emotional state?Nursing open · 2023Article
- Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative examination of ways of coping.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedCorrigendum.2022
Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimTo determine the efficacy of Internet-based interventions in decreasing the prevalence of postpartum depression in perinatal women.
designThis review was conducted according to the standards outlined in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.
methodsWe performed a systematic meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of Internet-based interventions for postpartum depression. Studies (2008-2018) were identified through a search conducted on PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library. Risk ratios or weighted mean differences with 95% confidence intervals were calculated using a fixed-effects model or a random-effects model. Stata software 11.0 was used to perform the meta-analysis.
resultsMost of the seven eligible studies were randomized controlled trials. The random-effects model indicated that Internet-based interventions significantly improved postpartum depression (d = 0.642, N = 7). Attrition rates ranged from 4.5%-86.9% and from 0%-87.1% for the intervention and control groups, respectively.
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