ArticleInternet interventions2021
The Supportive Accountability Inventory: Psychometric properties of a measure of supportive accountability in coached digital interventions.
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- Coach access to digital self-monitoring data: an experimental test of short-term effects in behavioral weight-loss treatment.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Trial
- Sharing digital self-monitoring data with others to enhance long-term weight loss: A randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- Identifying the most effective components of a physical activity intervention for adults with knee replacement: the MOST Energized! study protocol.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Beating OCD and Learning Digitally (BOLD): an open trial of a therapist-supported, self-guided exposure and response prevention app for adults with OCD.Cognitive behaviour therapy · 2026Article
- Application of the Supportive Accountability Model in Digital Health Interventions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Novel Smartphone App and Supportive Accountability for the Treatment of Childhood Disruptive Behavior Problems: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Addressing rural health disparities by optimizing "high-touch" intervention components in digital obesity treatment: The iREACH Rural study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Multilevel Determinants of Digital Health Equity: A Literature Synthesis to Advance the Field.Annual review of public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the most widely used coaching models is Supportive Accountability (SA) which aims to provide intervention users with clear expectations for intervention use, regular monitoring, and a sense that coaches are trustworthy, benevolent, and have domain expertise. However, few measures exist to study the role of the SA model on coached digital interventions. We developed the Supportive Accountability Inventory (SAI) and evaluated the underlying factor structure and psychometric properties of this brief self-report measure.
methodUsing data from a two-arm randomized trial of a remote intervention for major depressive disorder (telephone CBT [tCBT] or a stepped care model of web-based CBT [iCBT] and tCBT), we conducted an Exploratory Factor Analysis on the SAI item pool and explored the final SAI's relationship to iCBT engagement as well as to depression outcomes. Participants in our analyses (
resultsThe best fitting EFA model included only 6 items from the original pool of 8 and contained two factors: Monitoring and Expectation. Final model fit was mixed, but acceptable (
conclusionThe SAI is a brief measure of the SA framework constructs. Continued development to improve the SAI and expand the constructs it assesses is necessary, but the SAI represents the first step towards a measure of a coaching protocol that can support both coached digital mental health intervention adherence and improved outcomes.
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