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. 2023 Feb 28;6:e40937. doi: 10.2196/40937

Table 3.

Characteristics of the interventions.

Study Intervention name Length (weeks), total number of sessions Guided versus unguided Guided—description Digital means Intervention delivery format
Obikane et al [43], 2021 SmartMama 12, 12 Guided (psychotherapists)
  • Provided participants with feedback

  • Answered participants’ questions about the intervention

Web-based app for smartphones
  • Not reported

O’Mahen et al [41], 2013 Postnatal iBAa 15, 11 Unguided
  • N/Ab

Web based (Netmums site)
  • Multimedia presentations

  • Web-based materials

  • Web-based homework

  • Possibility to access weekly web-based real-time “clinics”

  • Web-based chat room moderated by parent supporters

O’Mahen et al [42], 2013; O’Mahen et al [45], 2014; Bagnall [46], 2014 NetmumsHWD 17, 12 Guided (mental health workers)
  • Answered participants’ questions about the intervention

  • Support the overcoming of barriers to the implementation of the intervention

Web based (Netmums site)
  • Multimedia presentations

  • Web-based materials

  • Web-based homework

  • Possibility to access weekly web-based real-time “clinics”

  • Web-based chat room moderated by peer supporters

Singla et al [44], 2021 Behavioral activation 6-8, 6-8 Guided (nonspecialists and specialists)
  • Delivers the intervention

  • Addresses treatment barriers and facilitators

Telemedicine
  • Zoom (Zoom Video Communications Inc.) or WebEx video calls

Singla et al [47], 2022 Behavioral activation Not reported, 8 Guided (trained psychologists)
  • Delivered the intervention

  • Addresses treatment barriers and facilitators

  • Accounted for COVID-19 and racial injustice worries

Telemedicine
  • Zoom or WebEx video calls

aiBA: internet-based Behavioral Activation.

bN/A: not applicable.