Digital bridges to social connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for loneliness and social isolation
Thomas Hansen e outros, 2025 · Internet Interventions
Self-guided digital psychological interventions reduced subjective loneliness by 0.19 standard deviations compared to control conditions across 13 randomized trials.
Estimativa · loneliness, standardized mean difference (Cohen's d)
-0,190 [-0,310; -0,0700]
standardized mean difference (Cohen's d)
P = .02
- Desenho
- Meta-análise. Random-effects meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials
- População
- Adolescents and adults in 13 randomized controlled trials of self-guided digital psychological interventions (2022-2025)
Onde está o número
Results > Psychological interventions; Section 'Results > Psychological interventions', second paragraph
The pooled ES showed evidence of a small effect (−0.19, 95 % CI, −0.31 to −0.07, I2 = 48 %, P = .02; Fig. 2).
Contexto
What changed: Participants used self-guided digital mental health and psychological programs delivering CBT, positive psychology, or stress management tools. Comparison: Control groups received waitlist or no treatment in twelve trials and an active comparator in one trial. Limits: Studies exhibited moderate to high risk of bias, lack of participant blinding, moderate heterogeneity, and scarce long-term follow-up.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaInformação e persuasão
- TipoCapacitação e aconselhamento
- EixoRedes
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- United States · País · US
- Switzerland · País · CH
- United Kingdom · País · GB
- Poland · País · PL
- Germany · País · DE
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23