Promoting Behavior Change from Alcohol Use Through Mobile Technology: The Future of Ecological Momentary Assessment
Promoting Behavior Change from Alcohol Use Through Mobile Technology: The Future of Ecological Momentary Assessment
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01571.x
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Mitchell, Jessica
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作者：
Cohn, Amy M.;Hunter-Reel, Dorian;Mitchell, Jessica
背景：交互和移动的技术（即，智能手机（如黑莓、iPhone和掌上电脑）显示出作为传达健康行为风险、改善公共健康结果和加速行为改变的有效且具有成本效益的手段的前景。本研究是作为一项需求评估进行的，以检查当前可用的移动的智能手机应用程序（例如，应用程序），利用生态瞬时评估（EMA）的原则，每天自我监测或近实时自我评估的酒精使用行为，以促进积极的行为改变，减少酒精危害，心理教育有关酒精使用，或abstinence.Methods：数据收集和分析从iTunes的苹果iPhone（c）。一个清单评估了可用的应用程序，直接解决酒精的使用和消费，酒精治疗，或恢复的数量，以及这些应用程序是否纳入了经验为基础的组件酒精treatment.Results：调查结果显示，很少有应用程序解决酒精使用行为的变化或恢复。除了跟踪饮酒量外，少数人还利用基于经验的酒精治疗成分。一些应用程序声称，他们可以作为一种干预，但是，没有经验证据provided.Conclusions：需要更多的研究来检查酒精干预研究中的移动的技术的疗效。移动的应用程序的可用性和它们在酒精治疗计划中的使用之间的巨大差距表明了未来研究的几个重要方向。
Background: Interactive and mobile technologies (i.e., smartphones such as Blackberries, iPhones, and palm-top computers) show promise as an efficacious and cost-effective means of communicating health-behavior risks, improving public health outcomes, and accelerating behavior change. The present study was conducted as a needs assessment to examine the current available mobile smartphone applications (e.g., apps) that utilize principles of ecological momentary assessment (EMA)daily self-monitoring or near real-time self-assessment of alcohol-use behaviorto promote positive behavior change, alcohol harm reduction, psycho-education about alcohol use, or abstinence from alcohol.Methods: Data were collected and analyzed from iTunes for Apple iPhone (c). An inventory assessed the number of available apps that directly addressed alcohol use and consumption, alcohol treatment, or recovery, and whether these apps incorporated empirically based components of alcohol treatment.Results: Findings showed that few apps addressed alcohol-use behavior change or recovery. Aside from tracking drinking consumption, a minority utilized empirically based components of alcohol treatment. Some apps claimed they could serve as an intervention; however, no empirical evidence was provided.Conclusions: More studies are needed to examine the efficacy of mobile technology in alcohol intervention studies. The large gap between availability of mobile apps and their use in alcohol treatment programs indicates several important future directions for research.