Effectiveness of Telehealth Care Interventions for Women’s Mental Health During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Serena Kao, Athina Marina Metaxa, Ranin Soliman, Stefano Brini · 2026
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Serena Kao and three colleagues gather what remote care did for women's mental health during and after the pandemic. Phone and video therapy spread fast, yet results for women stayed scattered across small studies. Their review searched five databases through March 2026 and kept 57 studies with 13,457 women in 24 countries. Trials were pooled for depression, anxiety, and stress outcomes, while other designs fed summaries of acceptability and satisfaction.
Remote care beat waiting lists and usual care on all three outcomes. Depression improved most, with a moderate effect, anxiety close behind, and stress gains modest. Results swung widely between settings, so certainty stayed moderate. Benefits held in women only samples. Kao and the team call telehealth a scalable route to care while demanding stronger trials.
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| CREATOR | Serena Kao, Athina Marina Metaxa, Ranin Soliman, Stefano Brini |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |