Selecting and describing control conditions in mobile health randomized controlled trials: a proposed typology

SB Goldberg, S Sun, P Carlbring, J Torous - NPJ Digital Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Hundreds of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have tested the efficacy of mobile health
(mHealth) tools for a wide range of mental and behavioral health outcomes. These RCTs …

[HTML][HTML] Text messaging interventions for breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Fan, J Li, JYH Wong, DYT Fong, KMP Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Given the health benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers,
breastfeeding has become a significant public health issue. The global growth of mobile …

Mobile Health Interventions for Substance Use Disorders

MS Businelle, O Perski, ET Hébert… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Substance use disorders (SUDs) have an enormous negative impact on individuals,
families, and society as a whole. Most individuals with SUDs do not receive treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of digital interventions for preventing alcohol consumption in pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis

SS Oh, JY Moon, D Chon, C Mita, JA Lawrence… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Alcohol consumption in pregnancy has been associated with serious fetal
health risks and maternal complications. While previous systematic reviews of digital …

[HTML][HTML] How notifications affect engagement with a behavior change app: results from a micro-randomized trial

L Bell, C Garnett, Y Bao, Z Cheng, T Qian… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2023 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Drink Less is a behavior change app to help higher-risk drinkers in the United
Kingdom reduce their alcohol consumption. The app includes a daily notification asking …

Effectiveness of a digital intervention versus alcohol information for online help-seekers in Sweden: a randomised controlled trial

M Bendtsen, K Åsberg, J McCambridge - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The ubiquity of Internet connectivity, and widespread unmet needs,
requires investigations of digital interventions for people seeking help with their drinking …

Efficacy of a mobile app-based coaching program for addiction prevention among apprentices: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

S Haug, N Boumparis, A Wenger, MP Schaub… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Addictive behaviors such as tobacco/e-cigarette smoking, at-risk alcohol
consumption, cannabis use or compulsive internet use are common among apprentices …

[HTML][HTML] Deceptively Simple yet Profoundly Impactful: Text Messaging Interventions to Support Health

B Suffoletto - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024 - jmir.org
This paper examines the use of text message (SMS) interventions for health-related
behavioral support. It first outlines the historical progress in SMS intervention research …

Effectiveness of information and communication technology (ICT) for addictive behaviors: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomized …

H Guo, H Yang, G Yuan, Z Zhu, K Zhang… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In recent years, there have been many studies evaluating the effects of ICT-
based interventions for addictive behaviors. However, as one kind of complex intervention, a …

[HTML][HTML] Digital alcohol interventions could be part of the societal response to harmful consumption, but we know little about their long-term costs and health outcomes

K Ulfsdotter Gunnarsson, M Henriksson… - Journal of medical …, 2024 - jmir.org
Alcohol consumption causes both physical and psychological harm and is a leading risk
factor for noncommunicable diseases. Digital alcohol interventions have been found to …