ReviewOxford open digital health2024
Effectiveness of digital health interventions for perinatal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Oxford open digital health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of telecounseling on depressive symptoms in primiparous women during the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions for perinatal depression, anxiety, and stress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, with an exploratory subgroup signal by delivery mode.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Perspectives and support needs for a spouse-inclusive digital intervention for perinatal depression and anxiety: a qualitative study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2026Article
- Identification, Prevention, and Treatment of Perinatal Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.Biological psychiatry · 2026Review
- Reimagining maternal and infant wellbeing through AI-embedded integrative arts-based care: a public health perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Conversational AI for perinatal mental health: promise, limits, and a human-AI stepped-care framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Comments: "Are smartphones a tool to cope with the fear of childbirth? The correlation between the fear of loss of connection and the fear of childbirth".Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Pregnant women and new mothers within 1 year after delivery are at a high risk of depression, yet many do not get the help they need due to wide reasons heralding stigma, access, cost, time, and shortage of human resources. Hence, compelling the exploration of alternate and potentially cost-effective means of delivering care, including the leverage of digital tools. This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of digital health interventions in reducing depressive symptoms among perinatal women. Literatures were sought from seven academic databases alongside the references of previous reviews. Included studies were all quantitative study types involving the use of digital health interventions for perinatal women not more than 1-year post-delivery. Standardized mean difference and standard error were used to perform random-effect model meta-analysis. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were performed to determine certainty and modifiers of the findings, respectively. Forty-eight studies were included in this review with 28 studies used for meta-analyses. Numerous digital channels were identified; however, none specified the use of a digital health theory in its development. The digital health interventions showed a small positive significant effect over the controls (standardized mean difference = 0.29,
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