Adherence to e-health interventions for substance use and the factors influencing it: Systematic Review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use disorders affect 36 million people globally, but only a small proportion of them receive the necessary treatment. E-health interventions have been developed to address this issue by improving access to substance use treatment. However, concerns about participant engagement and adherence to these interventions remain. This review aimed to evaluate adherence to e-health interventions targeting substance use and identify hypothesized predictors of adherence.

Methods

A systematic review of literature published between 2009 and 2020 was conducted, and data on adherence measures and hypothesized predictors were extracted. Meta-analysis and meta-regression were used to analyze the data. The two adherence measures were (a) the mean proportion of modules comp

SUBMITTER: Shams F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540609 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature