Prospective acceptability of digital phenotyping among pregnant and parenting people with opioid use disorder: A multisite qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) effectively treat OUD during pregnancy and the postpartum period, poor treatment retention is common. Digital phenotyping, or passive sensing data captured from personal mobile devices, namely smartphones, provides an opportunity to understand behaviors, psychological states, and social influences contributing to perinatal MOUD non-retention. Given this novel area of investigation, we conducted a qualitative study to determine the acceptability of digital phenotyping among pregnant and parenting people with opioid use disorder (PPP-OUD).

Methods

This study was guided by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA). Within a clinical trial testing a behavioral health intervention for PPP-OUD, we used purposeful c

SUBMITTER: Charron E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149825 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature