ArticleSubstance abuse2015
A Pilot Study to Examine the Feasibility and Potential Effectiveness of Using Smartphones to Provide Recovery Support for Adolescents.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Compliance With Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment Protocols in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
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- Parent SMART (Substance Misuse in Adolescents in Residential Treatment): Pilot randomized trial of a technology-assisted parenting intervention.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Efficacy of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Promote HIV Risk Reduction Behaviors Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
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- Digital Interventions to Facilitate Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use Among Adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2026Review
- Ecological momentary assessments and interventions for youth substance use across clinical settings: A systematic review.Research square · 2026Article
- User-centered Design of an Adjunct Smartphone App to Reduce Cannabis Use among Youth Diverted from the Juvenile Legal System.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Technology-Based Interventions for Substance Use Treatment Among People Who Identify as African American or Black, Hispanic or Latino, and American Indian or Alaska Native: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Refining Parent SMART: User feedback to optimize a multi-modal intervention.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Evaluating a mobile app's effects on depression and anxiety in medication-treated opioid use disorder.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
- Micro-sequences of anger and shame and non-suicidal self-injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a clinical sample of adolescents and young adults.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- A Validation Study of Mental Health Monitoring Through a Mobile Application.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
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- Digital interventions for substance use disorders in young people: rapid review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Review
- Smartphone intervention to optimize medication assisted treatment outcomes for opioid use disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Research square · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmartphone applications can potentially provide recovery monitoring and support in real-time, real-life contexts. Study aims included determining feasibility of (a) adolescents completing ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) and utilizing phone-based ecological momentary interventions (EMIs); and (b) using EMA and EMI data to predict substance use in the subsequent week.
methodsTwenty-nine adolescents were recruited at discharge from residential treatment, regardless of their discharge status or length of stay. During the 6-week pilot, youth were prompted to complete an EMA at 6 random times per day and were provided access to a suite of recovery support EMI. Youth completed 87% of the 5580 EMAs. Based on use in the next 7 days, EMA observations were classified into 3 risk groups: "Current Use" in the past 30 minutes (3% of observations), "Unrecognized Risk" (42%), or "Recognized Risk" (55%). All youth had observations in 2 or more risk groups and 38% in all 3. Youth accessed an EMI on average 162 times each week.
resultsParticipants were 31% female, 48% African American, 21% Caucasian, 7% Hispanic, and 24% Mixed/Other; average age was 16.6 years. During the 90 days prior to entering treatment, youth reported using alcohol (38%), marijuana (41%), and other drugs (7%). When compared with the "Recognized Risk" group's use in the following week (31%), both the "Unrecognized Risk" (50%, odds ratio [OR]=2.08) and "Current Use" (96%, OR=50.30) groups reported significantly higher rates of use in the next week. When an EMI was accessed 2 or more times within the hour following an EMA, the rate of using during the next week was significantly lower than when EMIs were not accessed (32% vs. 43%, OR=0.62).
conclusionsResults demonstrate the feasibility of using smartphones for recovery monitoring and support with adolescents, with potential to reduce use.
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