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  • Digital Therapeutics
  • Public Health

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  • Behavioral addictions pose significant public health challenges.
  • Internet-based interventions offer accessible, anonymous, and cost-effective treatment options for behavioral addictions compared to traditional therapy.
  • This review systematically examines the characteristics and effectiveness of online interventions for behavioral addictions.

Approach:

  • A comprehensive literature search was conducted across major databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.
  • Methodological quality of the included 29 studies was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) Quality Assessment Tool.
  • Studies varied significantly in screening tools, inclusion criteria, outcome measures, and attrition rates (9-89%).

Key Points:

  • Twenty-two studies focused on gambling disorder, with most showing significant within-group improvements and four indicating between-group effects.
  • Interventions for gaming disorder, internet use disorder, hoarding disorder, and pornography use disorder yielded generally promising but limited results.
  • Study quality varied, with only three of 29 studies rated as methodologically strong.

Conclusions:

  • Internet-based interventions appear promising for reducing gambling problems.
  • Insufficient research currently exists to draw firm conclusions for other behavioral addictions.
  • Further investigation is warranted to evaluate the effectiveness of internet-based interventions for gaming, internet use, hoarding, and pornography use disorders.