Gender differences in lifetime and current use of online support for recovery from alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital recovery support services (D-RSS) use technology to engage individuals seeking recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD). Given sparse data on use of these emergent services as well as longstanding and stark gender disparities in use of traditional alcohol treatment services, we sought to quantify lifetime and current D-RSS use and to test associations with several recovery outcomes, with particular attention to gender differences.

Methods

We analyzed data obtained in fall 2020 in a national survey of adults with a resolved alcohol problem (n = 1487). We estimated lifetime and current D-RSS use, prevalence of various types of D-RSS, and related outcomes (e.g., recovery stability, relapse events, quality of life). Stratified logistic regression models identi

SUBMITTER: Gilbert PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature