ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2017
Developing a Fitbit-supported lifestyle physical activity intervention for depressed alcohol dependent women.
Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06629493 (Feasibility and Effects of Activity Trackers Among Alcohol Users Receiving In-patient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Feasibility and Effects of Activity Trackers Among Alcohol Users Receiving In-patient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for adults with substance use disorder that have a co-occurring mental health disorder: an umbrella review and illustrative cost-effectiveness analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Physical Activity Promotes Health and Reduces Cardiovascular Mortality in Depressed Populations: A Literature Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Based Substance Use Interventions: Opportunities for Gender-Transformative Health Promotion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- A lifestyle physical activity intervention for women in alcohol treatment: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Aerobic Exercise for Smoking Cessation Among Individuals With Elevated Depressive Symptoms.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
- A Family-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention: Crossover Effects on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Trial
- Project CHOICE: Choosing healthy options in coping with emotions, an EMA/EMI plus in-person intervention for alcohol use.Substance abuse · 2021Trial
- Acute effects of aerobic exercise on negative affect and obsessions and compulsions in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2019Trial
- From withdrawal to motivation: The feasibility, acceptability and early clinical benefits of adapted physical activity during inpatient alcohol withdrawal.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Digital Physical Activity Interventions for Mental Health Promotion of and Reduction in Addictive Behaviors: Integrative Comprehensive Review with a Focus on Personalization and Implementation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- Mind over matter: psychological insights for effective weight reduction through exercise in university students.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Leveraging Machine Learning to Advance Alcohol Research: Current Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2026Review
- Feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention to reduce prenatal cannabis use: results of an open pilot trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Utility of substance-free alternatives in treating and preventing harmful substance use: A narrative review of the translational research spectrum.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Analysis of addiction craving onset through natural language processing of the online forum Reddit.PloS one · 2024Article
- Virtual Group-based Walking Intervention for Persons with Schizophrenia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Mental health and physical activity · 2023Article
- Behavioral activation, affect, and self-efficacy in the context of alcohol treatment for women with elevated depressive symptoms.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- The indirect effect of negative emotionality via alcohol craving on abstinence self-efficacy among women in alcohol treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Promoting Physical Activity in a Spanish-Speaking Latina Population of Low Socioeconomic Status With Chronic Neurological Disorders: Proof-of-Concept Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Fitbit Usage Behavior Among College Students.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWomen in alcohol treatment are more likely to relapse when in unpleasant, negative emotional states. Given the demonstrated benefits of exercise for decreasing depression, negative affect, and urges to drink, helping women engage in a lifestyle physical activity (LPA) intervention in early recovery may provide them a tool they can utilize "in the moment" in order to cope with negative emotional states and alcohol craving when relapse risk is highest. New digital fitness technologies (e.g., Fitbit activity monitor with web and mobile applications) may facilitate increases in physical activity (PA) through goal setting and self-monitoring.
methodWe piloted a 12-week LPA+Fitbit intervention focused on strategically using bouts of PA to cope with affect and alcohol cravings to prevent relapse in 20 depressed women (mean age=39.5years) in alcohol treatment.
resultsParticipants wore their Fitbit on 73% of days during the intervention period. An average of 9174 steps/day were taken on the days the Fitbit was worn. Participants completed 4.7 of the 6 scheduled phone PA counseling sessions (78%). Among women who completed the intervention (n=15), 44% remained abstinent throughout the entire course of treatment. On average, women were abstinent on 95% of days during the 12-week intervention. Participants reported an increase in using PA to cope with either negative affect or urges to drink from baseline to end of treatment (p<0.05). Further, participants reported high satisfaction with the LPA+Fitbit intervention and with the Fitbit tracker.
conclusionsFurther research is needed to evaluate the LPA+Fitbit intervention in a more rigorous randomized controlled trial. If the LPA+Fitbit intervention proves to be helpful during early recovery, this simple, low-cost and easily transported intervention can provide a much-needed alternate coping strategy to help reduce relapse risk among women in alcohol treatment.
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