Digital guided self-help for eating disorders: thematic analysis of participant text messages to coaches.

ABSTRACT: Digital guided self-help for eating disorders (GSH-ED) can reduce treatment disparities. Understanding program participants' interests throughout the program can help adapt programs to the service users' needs. Participants were 383 college students receiving a digital GSH-ED, who were each assigned a coach to help them better utilize the intervention through text correspondence. A thematic and affective analysis of the texts participants had sent found they primarily focused on: strategies for changing their ED-related cognitions, behaviors, and relationships; describing symptoms without expressing an active endeavor to change; and participants' relationship with their coach. Most texts also expressed affect, demonstrating emotional engagement with the intervention. Findings suggest that

SUBMITTER: Sadeh-Sharvit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature