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Title: Effects of social media and mobile health apps on pregnancy care : meta-analysis
Authors: Chan, KL 
Chen, M 
Issue Date: Jan-2019
Source: JMIR mHealth and uHealth, Jan. 2019, v. 7, no. 1, e11836, p. 1-13
Abstract: Background: The use of social media and mobile health (mHealth) apps has been increasing in pregnancy care. However, the effectiveness of these interventions is still unclear.
Objectives: We conducted a meta-analysis to examine the effectiveness of these interventions with regard to different health outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women and investigate the characteristics and components of interventions that may affect program effectiveness.
Method: We performed a comprehensive literature search of major electronic databases and reference sections of related reviews and eligible studies. A random effects model was used to calculate the effect size.
Results: Fifteen randomized controlled trial studies published in and before June 2018 that met the inclusion criteria were included in the meta-analysis. The interventions were effective in promoting maternal physical health including weight management, gestational diabetes mellitus control, and asthma control with a moderate to large effect size (d=0.72). Large effect sizes were also found for improving maternal mental health (d=0.84) and knowledge about pregnancy (d=0.80). Weight control interventions using wearable devices were more effective.
Conclusion: Social media and mHealth apps have the potential to be widely used in improving maternal well-being. More large-scale clinical trials focusing on different health outcomes are suggested for future studies.
Keywords: mHealth
Social media
Pregnancy
Postpartum
Maternal health
Publisher: JMIR Publications, Inc.
Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth 
EISSN: 2291-5222
DOI: 10.2196/11836
Rights: ©Ko Ling Chan, Mengtong Chen. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 28.01.2019. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
The following publication Chan, K. L., & Chen, M. (2019). Effects of social media and mobile health apps on pregnancy care: meta-analysis. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 7(1), e11836, 1-13 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11836
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