De Witte Nele A J, Joris Steven, Van Assche Eva, Van Daele Tom
Expertise Unit Psychology, Technology & Society, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.
Front Digit Health. 2021 Dec 23;3:754337. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2021.754337. eCollection 2021.
Research increasingly shows how selective and targeted use of technology within care and welfare can have several advantages including improved quality of care and active user involvement. The current overview of reviews aims to summarize the research on the effectiveness of technology for mental health and wellbeing. The goal is to highlight and structure the diverse combinations of technologies and interventions used so far, rather than to summarize the effectiveness of singular approaches. The current overview includes reviews published in the past five years with a focus on effectiveness of digital and technological interventions targeting mental health and wellbeing. A total of 246 reviews could be included. All reviews examined the effectiveness of digital and technological interventions in the context of care and welfare. A combination of two taxonomies was created through qualitative analysis, based on the retrieved interventions and technologies in the reviews. Review classification shows a predominance of reviews on psychotherapeutic interventions using computers and smartphones. It is furthermore shown that when smartphone applications as stand-alone technology are researched, the primary focus is on self-help, and that extended reality is the most researched emerging technology to date. This overview of reviews shows that a wide range of interventions and technologies, with varying focus and target populations, have been studied in the field of care and wellbeing. The current overview of reviews is a first step to add structure to this rapidly changing field and may guide both researchers and clinicians in further exploring the evidence-base of particular approaches.
越来越多的研究表明，在护理和福利领域有针对性地选择性使用技术有诸多益处，包括提高护理质量和让用户积极参与。当前的综述旨在总结关于技术对心理健康和幸福影响的有效性研究。目标是突出并梳理迄今为止所使用的技术与干预措施的多样组合，而非总结单一方法的有效性。当前的综述涵盖过去五年发表的综述，重点是针对心理健康和幸福的数字及技术干预的有效性。总共纳入了246篇综述。所有综述都考察了护理和福利背景下数字及技术干预的有效性。基于检索到的综述中的干预措施和技术，通过定性分析创建了两种分类法的组合。综述分类显示，关于使用电脑和智能手机进行心理治疗干预的综述占主导地位。此外还表明，在研究作为独立技术的智能手机应用时，主要关注的是自助，而增强现实是迄今为止研究最多的新兴技术。这篇综述表明，在护理和幸福领域已经对广泛的干预措施和技术进行了研究，它们的重点和目标人群各不相同。当前的综述是为这个快速变化的领域增添结构的第一步，可能会指导研究人员和临床医生进一步探索特定方法的证据基础。
