End User-Informed Mobile Health Intervention Development for Adolescent Cannabis Use Disorder: Qualitative Study.

Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 101624439 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2291-5222 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22915222 NLM ISO Abbreviation: JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Toronto: JMIR Publications Inc., [2013]-

Adolescent Behavior/*psychology ; Marijuana Abuse/*prevention & control ; Telemedicine/*methods; Adolescent ; California ; Female ; Focus Groups/methods ; Humans ; Male ; Marijuana Abuse/psychology ; Program Development/methods ; Qualitative Research

Background: The rates of cannabis use continue to increase among adolescents and the current interventions have modest effects and high rates of relapse following treatment. There is increasing evidence for the efficacy of mobile technology-based interventions for adults with substance use disorders, but there is limited study of this technology in adolescents who use cannabis.
Objective: The goal of our study was to elucidate elements of an app-based adjunctive intervention for cannabis cessation that resonate with adolescents who use cannabis.
Methods: Adolescents, aged between 14 and 17 years, who used cannabis were recruited from San Diego County high schools. Semistructured focus groups (6 total; N=37) were conducted to examine the ways in which participants used smartphones, including the use of any health behavior change apps, as well as to elicit opinions about elements that would promote engagement with an app-based intervention for adolescent cannabis cessation. An iterative coding structure was used with first cycle structural coding, followed by pattern coding.
Results: Themes that emerged from the analysis included (1) youth valued rewards to incentivize the progressive reduction of cannabis use, which included both nontangible rewards that mimic those obtained on social media platforms and prosocial activity-related rewards, (2) having the ability to self-monitor progression, (3) peer social support, (4) privacy and confidentiality discrete logo and name and usernames within the app, and (5) individualizing frequency and content of notifications and reminders.
Conclusions: Integrating content, language, interfaces, delivery systems, and rewards with which adolescents who use cannabis are familiar, engage with on a day-to-day basis, and identify as relevant, may increase treatment engagement and retention for adolescents in substance use treatment. We may increase treatment effectiveness by adapting and individualizing current evidence-based interventions, so that they target the needs of adolescents and are more easily incorporated into their everyday routines.
(©Kara Bagot, Elizabeth Hodgdon, Natasha Sidhu, Kevin Patrick, Mikaela Kelly, Yang Lu, Eraka Bath. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 04.10.2019.)

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Keywords: adolescent; cannabis; mobile health; smartphone; treatment

Date Created: 20191008 Date Completed: 20200824 Latest Revision: 20200824

20240104

PMC6913713

10.2196/13691

31588909