PROMOTING MENTAL WELL-BEING THROUGH DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS: A META-ANALYSIS

Abstract

Growing importance of enhancing mental well-being across the
general population has fueled a significant rise in the market for
digital mental well-being tools. However, there is a lack of
comprehensive evidence regarding their effectiveness. This meta
analysis seeks to evaluate the evidence on the effectiveness of digital
interventions in improving mental well-being among general
population. Following the PRISMA guidelines, searches were carried
out in databases i.e. Association of Computing Machinery,
ScienceDirect, Elsevier, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Mental
Health, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Economics Research,
Public Library Of Science ONE (PLOS), Frontiers in Psychiatry,
BioMed Central, Medical Education, Sustainability, Geriatrics,
Australian Journal of Information Systems, and Nordic Journal of
Working Life Studies. After evaluating 20 digital mental well-being
intervention studies, and 6 of these quanitative studies were included in
the random effect model. The pooled effect size suggest moderate
significant effect of these digital well-being interventions on mental
well-being. Some researches claim that these digital interventions are
not effective enough to change technology-use behavior. Therefore, it
is important to investigate whether personalization is necessary to
increase the efficacy of such technologies. Ethical concerns should be
taken care when designing and developing these digital interventions.