Table 4.

Summary table of excluded studies.

Author, year of publication,a country	Method and sample size (% women)	Intervention, indication	Mean CASP scoreb (category)
Murray et al.,28 2003, the United Kingdom	Questionnaire, qualitative and quantitative questions n = 81 (96.3)	CD-ROM-based intervention, consisting of eight interactive modules, bulimia nervosa	11/20 (very weak)
Finfgeld-Connett,27 2009, the United States	Questionnaires and qualitative analysis of messages sent by researcher and participants n = 67 (100)	Web-based treatment with eight reference modules and 15 decision-making modules, rural women with alcohol problems	19/30 (weak)
Daley et al.,32 2011, the United Kingdom	Questionnaire (anonymously and with reminder) n = 1693 (100)	Internet-based treatment in general (amongst other delivery modes), postmenopausal women	12/30 (very weak)
Andreasson et al.,30 2013, Sweden	Random, cross-sectional interview survey of Swedish general population n = 9005 (55.2)	Treatment via Internet in general (among other delivery modes), alcohol problems	8.5/20 (very weak)
Fergus et al.,26 2013, Canada	Online satisfaction questionnaire including open-ended questions and post-treatment phone semi-structured interview n = 32 (50)	Web-based treatment “Couple links,” women with breast cancer and their male partners	12/20 (weak)
Bouwsma et al.,31 2014, the Netherlands	Online questionnaire at baseline and during follow-up, information from web blogs n = 215 (100)	e-Health intervention, web portal with communicative tools (among other interventions) women undergoing gynecological surgery	12.5/20 (weak)
Mc Combie et al.,29 2014, New Zealand	Support willingness questionnaire (quantitative) n = 102 (48)	Hypothetical computerized psychological intervention for IBD	15/30 (weak)

CASP: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme; IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

^aChronological order of year of publication.

^bMean CASP score of scores awarded by both researchers.