参与和行为机制是否支持"少饮酒"应用程序的有效性?
Claire Garnett1,2, Larisa-Maria Dinu3, Melissa Oldham3
1Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK. claire.garnett@bristol.ac.uk.
NPJ digital medicine
|July 1, 2024
概括
饮酒少应用程序有效地减少了风险饮酒者的酒精消费. 坚持和自我监测行为是推动这些积极结果的关键机制,证明了应用程序的价值.
科学领域:
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 问题性饮酒影响了相当一部分成年人群.
- 数字健康工具为行为改变提供了可扩展的解决方案.
- 了解行动机制对于优化数字干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估饮酒少应用程序在减少酒精消费方面的有效性.
- 调查参与者参与和行为特征作为应用程序有效性的调解者.
- 通过使用数字干预来识别潜在的关键机制,以减少酒精在有风险的饮酒者.
主要方法:
- 一个大型的英国随机对照试验 (RCT) 涉及5602名参与者.
- 与通常的数字护理相比,Drink Less应用程序的比较.
- 过程评估侧重于自我报告的坚持和行为特征 (自我监测).
- 使用平均因果调解效应 (ACME) 评估机制进行调解分析.
主要成果:
- 自我报告的 Drink Less (78.0%) 和通常的数字护理 (71.5%) 的高度坚持.
- 自我报告的干预效应部分介导了对酒精减少的影响 (ACME = -0.250).
- 自我监测行为也部分调解了对酒精减少的影响 (ACME = -0.235).
结论:
- 减少饮酒应用程序有效地减少了越来越多和更高风险的饮酒者之间的酒精消费.
- 参与者遵守应用程序建议和参与自我监控功能是重要的行动机制.
- 这些发现强调了参与和跟踪特征在数字酒精减少干预措施中的重要性.
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