Table 1.
Key characteristics of reviews, by technology type
| Author (Year) | Review type, year range of studies | Study location | Health behavior target(s) | Study designs | No. of studies(total n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile health interventions | |||||
| Bort-Roig et al. (2014)11 | SR (2007–2013) | Spain, USA, China, Germany, UAE, Finland, South Korea, UK, Norway, Australia, Canada, Netherlands | PA | RCTs, Pre-post | 26 (n = 828) |
| O’Reilly et al. (2013)12 | SR (2006–2012) | Not reported | PA | RCTs, QEDs | 22 (n = 1988) |
| Stephens et al. (2013)13 | SR (2006–2009) | Switzerland, USA, Finland, Korea | Weight, PA | RCTs, QEDs | 7 (n = 1377) |
| Fanning et al. (2012)14 | SR and MA (2000–2012) | Not reported | PA | RCTs | 11 (n = 1351) |
| Lyzwinski et al. (2014)15 | SR and MA (2007–2013) | Finland, UK, USA, Australia, | Weight | RCTs | 17 (n = 1796) |
| Computer and Web-based interventions | |||||
| Civljak et al. (2014)16 | SR and MA (2004–2013) | USA, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, multinational population (not specified) | Smoking cessation | RCTs, QEDs | 28 (n = 45 000) |
| Aneni et al. (2014)17 | SR (2001–2012) | Not reported | PA, diet | RCTs, follow-up studies | 29 (n = 15 261) |
| Pal et al. (2013)18 | SR and MA (1986–2011) | USA, South Korea, Australia, UK, China | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs | 16 (n = 3578) |
| Ramadas et al. (2011)19 | SR (2000–2010) | USA, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs, QEDs | 13 (n = 1644) |
| Angeles et al. (2011)20 | SR and MA (2004–2009) | Korea, Finland, Canada, USA | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs | 9 (n = 926) |
| Pietrzak et al. (2014)21 | SR (2004–2012) | USA, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, Australia | Weight, diet, PA, smoking, alcohol intake | RCTs, observational, studies, pilot | 23 (n = 9615) |
| Pereira et al. (2015)22 | SR (2006–2012) | Not reported | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs, QEDs, comparative effectiveness designs | 14 (n = 2802) |
| Levine et al. (2014)23 | SR (2001–2013) | Not reported | Weight | RCTs | 16 (n = 6786) |
| Lustria et al. (2013)24 | SR and MA (1999–2009) | USA, Australia, UK, NZ, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland | PA, diet, smoking cessation | RCTs, QEDs, no treatment control | 40 (n = 20 180) |
| Reed et al. (2012)25 | SR and MA (1985–2009) | Not reported | Weight | RCTs | 11 (n = 1866) |
| van Vugt et al. (2013)26 | SR (2002–2012) | North America (n = 10), Europe (n = 2), Asia (n = 1) | Diet, PA, medication, smoking | RCTs | 13 (n = 3813) |
| Vegting et al. (2013)27 | SR (2003–2012) | Not reported | CVD risk factors, self-management of T2DM | RCTs | 9 (n = 1995) |
| Yu et al. (2011)28 | SR (2003–2008) | Not reported | Diabetes, CVD risk | RCTs, controlled clinical trials, pre-post, observational studies | SR, 57 (n = ), MA, 12 (n = 2731) |
| Harris et al. (2011)29 | SR and MA (1991–2011) | Not reported | PA | RCTs | 43 (n = not reported) |
| Foster et al. (2013)30 | SR and MA (1991–2011) | Not reported | PA | RCTs | 11 (n = 5862) |
| Buhi et al. (2013)31 | SR (2004–2010) | USA, France, NZ, Norway, South Korea, Scotland, UK, Germany, Finland, India, Europe (countries not specified), Austria | Diabetes (n = 17), smoking (n = 8), weight (n = 4), preventive activities (n = 2), PA (n = 1) | RCTs, QEDs | 34 (n = 6235) |
| Social media/social networking interventions | |||||
| Toma et al. (2014)32 | SR and MA (2002–2013) | USA, Korea, Canada, India, Israel, Turkey, France, Finland, Iran, Taiwan, Italy, UK | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs | 34 (n = 4977) |
| Telehealth and/or telemedicine | |||||
| Verhoeven et al. (2010)33 | SR and MA (2002–2009) | Not reported | Self-management of T2DM | RCTs, QEDs, observational cohort studies | 90 (n = 704) |
| Merriel et al. (2014)34 | SR and MA (2004–2011) | USA, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Japan | Diet, PA, weight, smoking, BG control | RCTs | 13 (n = 9500) |
| Munro et al. (2013)35 | SR (2000–2012) | USA, Australia, Canada | PA, diet, medication | RCTs, non-RCTs | (n = 830) |
| Omboni (2012)36 | SR and MA (1996–2011) | Not reported | Blood pressure | RCTs | 23 (n = 7451) |
| Cassimatis et al. (2012)37 | SR (2001–2011) | Partially reported USA, South Korea) | BG control, diet, PA, medication taking | RCTs | 14 (n = 2300) |
| Combination of technologies | |||||
| Connelly et al. (2013)38 | SR (2003–2011) | USA, Canada, South Korea, Iran | PA, T2DM self-management | RCTs | 15 (n = 4567) |
| Wieland et al. (2012)39 | SR and MA (1988–2011) | USA, Scotland, Spain, Croatia | Weight | RCTs | 14 (n = 2537) |
| Chang et al. (2013)40 | SR (2001–2013) | USA, Canada, Australia, UK | Diet, PA, weight | RCTs | 20 (n = 11 457) |
| Saffari et al. (2014)41 | SR and MA (2005–2013) | Taiwan, Korea, USA, India, Iran | T2DM self-management | RCTs | 10 (n = 960) |
| Bacigalupo et al. (2013)42 | SR (1998–2011) | USA, Finland, UK, Germany | Weight | RCTs | 7 (n = 584) |
| Cotterez et al. (2014)43 | SR (2000–2012) | Not reported | T2DM self-management: healthy eating, physical activity, BG control, medication taking, coping/suppose, reducing risks, problem solving | RCTs, pre–post | 9 (n = 1913) |
SR = systematic review, MA = meta-analysis; NZ = New Zealand; UK = United Kingdom; CVD = cardiovascular disease; BG = blood glucose; PA = physical activity; T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus; QED = quasi-experimental design; RCT = randomized controlled trial.