ReviewJMIR mental health2022
Leveraging Mobile Health to Manage Mental Health/Behavioral Health Disorders: Systematic Literature Review.
Review in JMIR mental health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Digital Health Interventions on the Nutritional Status and Quality of Life of Patients With Colorectal Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- "Technology is Amazing… But Right Now, I Just Don't Know": Real-world Implementation Experiences and Adaptation Recommendations for Message-based Care in Community Mental Health.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Human-Centered Design of a Contextualized Service Delivery Model for Families of Infants With Major Congenital Anomalies in Kenya.Birth defects research · 2026Article
- The Impact of Mobile Health Interventions on Mental Health Literacy: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Influence of Internet-Based Health Management on Control of Blood Glucose in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Feasibility and utility of mobile health interventions for depression and anxiety in rural populations: A scoping review.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Identifying Depression and Anxiety: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- "Brain Fog" After COVID-19 Infection: How the Field of Neuropsychology Can Help Clear the Air.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Article
- A systematic review of reviews on the advantages of mHealth utilization in mental health services: A viable option for large populations in low-resource settings.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Where Is mHealth in Integrated Primary Care Education?PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2024Article
- Acceptability and usability of a WeChat-based intervention for depression in China: A mixed-methods study.Digital healthArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMental health is a complex condition, highly related to emotion. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant spike in depression (from isolation) and anxiety (event related). Mobile Health (mHealth) and telemedicine offer solutions to augment patient care, provide education, improve symptoms of depression, and assuage fears and anxiety.
objectiveThis review aims to assess the effectiveness of mHealth to provide mental health care by analyzing articles published in the last year in peer-reviewed, academic journals using strong methodology (randomized controlled trial).
methodsWe queried 4 databases (PubMed, CINAHL [Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature], Web of Science, and ScienceDirect) using a standard Boolean search string. We conducted this systematic literature review in accordance with the Kruse protocol and reported it in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) 2020 checklist (n=33).
resultsA total of 4 interventions (mostly mHealth) from 14 countries identified improvements in primary outcomes of depression and anxiety as well as in several secondary outcomes, namely, quality of life, mental well-being, cognitive flexibility, distress, sleep, self-efficacy, anger, decision conflict, decision regret, digestive disturbance, pain, and medication adherence.
conclusionsmHealth interventions can provide education, treatment augmentation, and serve as the primary modality in mental health care. The mHealth modality should be carefully considered when evaluating modes of care.
trial registrationPROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42022343489; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=343489.
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