"It beats the hell out of going to a hospital": service user experiences of telemedicine-based symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasingly, services for the management of substance use disorders have been developed or adapted for remote delivery. Limited research has investigated service user experience of these services. We undertook a qualitative sub-study, embedded within a pilot feasibility study of remote symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management, to better understand the experiences of participants. Our aim was to determine the acceptability of the intervention and refine intervention procedures.

Methods

Eligible participants were enrolled in the parent study and completed at least one day of telemedicine-delivered symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management. Individuals were adults with alcohol use disorder recruited using intensity sampling. Participants completed an

SUBMITTER: Bozinoff N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12345073 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature