Table 5.
Reference | Delivery mode | Navigational format | Automated communication | Additional material | Nondigital features | Level of facilitator involvement |
Gardner-Nix et al, 2008 [41] | Videoconference | Tunneled | N/Aa | CD | N/A | High |
Davis and Zautra, 2013 [42] | Email-based | Tunneled | N/A | Animations and audios | N/A | Low |
Boettcher et al, 2014 [43] | Web-based | Tunneled | Follow-up email | Video and audios | N/A | None (self-guided) |
Dimidjian et al, 2014 [46] | Web-based | Flexible | N/A | Videos and audios | N/A | None (self-guided) |
Ly et al, 2014 [44] | Web-basedb | Flexible | N/A | Audios | N/A | Medium |
Zernicke et al, 2014 [45] | Videoconference | Tunneled | N/A | Videos, audios, headsets, and webcam | Program manual | High |
Dowd et al, 2015 [47] | Web-based | Flexible | Email reminders | Videos and audios | N/A | None (self-guided) |
Moritz et al, 2015 [48] | Email-based | Flexible | N/A | Intervention manual (PDF) and audio files | N/A | None (self-guided) |
Younge et al, 2015 [36] | Web-based | Flexible | Email reminders + follow-up text message | Videos and audios | Mindfulness book | None (self-guided) |
Henriksson et al, 2016 [49] | Web-based | Flexible | Email reminders + follow-ups | Videos and audios | N/A | None (self-guided) |
aN/A: not applicable.
bThe intervention was delivered through a mobile app for iPhone owners or through a mobile phone−based app for other mobile phones.