Experiences of a therapist-guided internet-delivered intervention for hazardous and harmful drinking. A qualitative study

Lunde, Linn-Heidi; Carlsen, Siv-Elin Leirvåg; Repål, Arne; Nordgreen, Tine

doi:10.1016/j.invent.2022.100543

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“…The research articles for the final review numbered 18 [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70]. The PRISMA flowchart for literature search is presented in Figure 1.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many of the articles the background data collected included the age, gender, educational background and/or employment status of those using the application [56,58,[61][62][63][64]68]. Rather than on changes in substance abuse, our research interest centred more on non-demographic factors predisposing to the use of the application even though research has shown that both gender [68] and age [53,70] frequently need to be considered regarding…”

Section: Background Situation Information and Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nine of the articles included in the data investigated changes in the substance abuse of individuals using the application [54,[57][58][59]62,63,66,67]. In several of the applications scrutinized methods of cognitive behavioural therapy and/or motivational interview were applied [54,58,59,61,66,67,69]. These entail, as is general in substance abuse treatment, motivating, target setting, readiness for change and ensuring commitment.…”

Section: Activating Motivating and Behavioural Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The role of the service organization and of peers in the use of digital application varies, likewise the users' need for support. Applications vary as to whether they are used entirely independently, with the support of a professional, or whether they include the option to be in contact with peers and/or professionals [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]64,65,[67][68][69]. Availability of other support and integration of the application into work accomplished in professional consultation may improve the prognosis for getting clean [58].…”

Section: The Need For Services and Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The application being easy and convenient to use supports digitally supported self-care. Several of the articles [53,55,56,[60][61][62][63]65,[68][69][70] focused on the usability and userfriendliness of the application. Convenience of use is affected by the technical properties of the application, user instructions and technical support [53,60,64,69] are important to users of the application.…”

Section: The Need For Services and Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital tools to support the implementation of self-care among people with problematic substance use: An integrative literature review

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Mäki-Kuutti,

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et al. 2023

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Problematic substance use causes significant harm to individuals, communities and society as a whole. Nowadays solutions to bring substance abuse under control and provide help are being sought from digital tools. This literature review scrutinizes digital applications and internet-based self-care programs from the perspective of providing services. The purpose is to ascertain how the preconditions for the implementation of self-care are understood in studies addressing digital tools for the substance abuse sector. The question posed concerns what features in digital applications supporting control of substance abuse, their users and operating environment influence the implementation of self-care. The research method is an integrative literature review. The data consist of peer-reviewed scientific publications from the period 2012–2022. Data were gathered from two databases (ProQuest Central, PubMed). The final corpus comprises 18 research articles. The analytical frame of reference is the definition by El-Osta and others of four main dimensions of self-care. The findings suggest that factors pertaining to applications in the implementation of self-care are the technical usability of the service, the option for anonymity, variation in content, active reminders and application feedback, gamification and ability to identify with the user. Factors pertaining to the users, in addition to age and gender, are mode of substance abuse, duration of using history, severity of the problem, readiness for change, possible concurrent diagnoses, ability to process own feelings, social relations and digital literacy. Factors pertaining to the operating environment are legislation governing substance abuse, national intoxicant culture, stigma attached to substance abuse treatment, availability of support outside the application and the pandemic situation restricting face-to-face interaction. The diverse nature of the group of individuals with problematic substance use will in the future increase the need for user profiling and more individualized tailoring of application content in keeping with their life situations and stages of recovery.

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