Developments in Mobile Health Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Addiction Science

Overview

Journal Curr Addict Rep

Date 2021 Mar 22

PMID 33747711

Citations 40

Authors

Stephanie M Carpenter

Marianne Menictas

Inbal Nahum-Shani

David W Wetter

Susan A Murphy

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Abstract

Purpose Of Review: Addiction is a serious and prevalent problem across the globe. An important challenge facing intervention science is how to support addiction treatment and recovery while mitigating the associated cost and stigma. A promising solution is the use of mobile health (mHealth) just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs), in which intervention options are delivered in situ via a mobile device when individuals are most in need.

Recent Findings: The present review describes the use of mHealth JITAIs to support addiction treatment and recovery, and provides guidance on when and how the micro-randomized trial (MRT) can be used to optimize a JITAI. We describe the design of five mHealth JITAIs in addiction and three MRT studies, and discuss challenges and future directions.

Summary: This review aims to provide guidance for constructing effective JITAIs to support addiction treatment and recovery.

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