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Impacts of digital social media detox for mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Narra J, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07467057 (Reducing Digital Distractions to Improve Time Management Among Nursing Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Reducing Digital Distractions to Improve Time Management Among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Brief Digital Abstinence Intervention
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- From screens to serenity: evaluating the effect of digital detox on mental and physiological health.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Self-care strategies among Arabic-speaking refugees and the Australian Mental Health Stepped Care Model: a Delphi consensus study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The validity, reliability, and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Digital Amnesia Scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review of Digital Addiction and Health: A New Challenge for Modern Medicine.Cureus · 2025Review
- Reducing Social Media Use Decreases Depression Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Review
- Recommendations for Physical Exercise as a Strategy to Reduce Problematic Use of the Internet and Digital Devices: A Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Am I Happier Without You? Social Media Detox and Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Impact of Social Media & Technology on Child and Adolescent Mental Health.Journal of psychiatry and psychiatric disorders · 2025Article
- Digital Detox Strategies and Mental Health: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Why, Where, and How.Cureus · 2025Review
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8 authors.
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Abstract
The impact of social media has been significant on various aspects of life, particularly mental health. Growing concerns about the adverse effects of social media use have prompted the exploration of experimental interventions, defined as digital detox interventions. However, it remains unclear whether digital detox interventions are effective for mental health outcomes. The aim of this study was to provide comprehensive insights into the effects of digital detox interventions on various mental health outcomes, including depression, life satisfaction, stress, and mental well-being. Following the PRISMA guidelines, systematic searches were carried out in online databases, including PubMed and ScienceDirect, within the publication range of 2013 and 2023. A total of 2578 titles and abstracts were screened, and 10 studies were included in the analysis. A risk of bias assessment was conducted using RoB 2.0 and the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, while statistical analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.4.1. Our data indicated a significant effect of digital detox in mitigating depression with the standardized mean difference (SMD: -0.29; 95%CI: -0.51, -0.07,
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