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. 2021 Oct 29;16(10):e0259474. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259474

Table 4. Effectiveness results of management-based mobile interventions.

Management-based mobile interventions
Outcome and outcome domain Study ID Effect estimate [95% CI or p value] Statistical significance Clinical importance GRADE certainty
Antenatal interventions
Biological stress Dennis-Tiwary 2017 [64] F 1,22 = 4.96 [p = 0.037] Yes No Low
Utilization of care Hantsoo 2018 [65] MD = 0.88 [-1.08 to 2.84] No No Very low
Perinatal interventions
Psychological wellbeing Carissoli 2017 [62] Autonomy F = 5.725 [p<0.05] Yes No Very low
Postpartum interventions
Depression severity Prasad 2018 [67]
Sawyer 2019 [68]
MD = -0.93 [-2.08 to 0.21] No No Very low
Depression severity Baumel 2018 [61] MD = 2.82 [-0.49 to 6.13] No No Low
Depression severity Jannati 2020 [66] MD = -6.87 [-7.92 to -5.82] Yes Yes Very low
Anxiety severity Constant 2014 [63] MD = -1.30 [-2.33 to -0.27] Yes No Very low
Psychological wellbeing Prasad 2018 [67] MD = 0.23 [-2.73 to 0.73] Yes No Very low
Psychological stress Constant 2014 [63] Avoidance B = -1.8 [-3.2 to -0.4]
Intrusion B = -1.4 [-2.9 to 0.2]
Yes
No
No
No
Very low
Utilization of care Sawyer 2019 [68] [intervention vs control; p value]
GP visits: 78% vs 63% [p = 0.09]
A&E visits: 15% vs 4% [p = 0.04]
Online care: 67% vs 46% [p = 0.03]
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Very low