biostudies-literatureSundstrom CFORTESocialdepartementetFredrik och Ingrid Thurings StiftelseKarolinska Institute136https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10880249biostudies-literatureUnknown25(1)<h4>Background</h4>The continual development and implementation of effective digital interventions is one important strategy that may serve to bridge the well-known treatment gap related to problematic alcohol use. Research suggests that clinician guidance, provided in different ways during the digital intervention (i.e., written weekly messages, phone calls etc.), can boost intervention engagement and effects. Digital psychological self-care (DPSC) is a new delivery format wherein an unguided digital intervention is provided within the framework of a structured care process that includes initial clinical assessment and follow-up interviews. In a recent feasibility study, a DPSC intervention for problematic alcohol use, ALVA, provided without any extra guidance, was found safe and credibleTrialsInvestigating the added effects of guidance in digital psychological self-care for alcohol problems (ALVA)-protocol for a randomized factorial optimization trial.PMC108802492020-01160S2018/03855/FS2019-00470Kraepelien MLindner PIvanova ESundstrom CJohansson MfalseInvestigating the added effects of guidance in digital psychological self-care for alcohol problems (ALVA)-protocol for a randomized factorial optimization trial.<h4>Background</h4>The continual development and implementation of effective digital interventions is one important strategy that may serve to bridge the well-known treatment gap related to problematic alcohol use. Research suggests that clinician guidance, provided in different ways during the digital intervention (i.e., written weekly messages, phone calls etc.), can boost intervention engagement and effects. Digital psychological self-care (DPSC) is a new delivery format wherein an unguided digital intervention is provided within the framework of a structured care process that includes initial clinical assessment and follow-up interviews. In a recent feasibility study, a DPSC intervention for problematic alcohol use, ALVA, provided without any extra guidance, was found safe and credible2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Feb2025-04-19T21:09:04.081Z2025-02-19T03:50:11.058ZS-EPMC108802493838342610.1186/s13063-024-07981-6