Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults

While substance use is one of the most consistent predictors of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), few studies among people living with HIV (PLH) have utilized mobile phone-based assessment of these health behaviors. PLH were recruited from primary care clinics to report ART and substan...

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Main Authors:	Przybyla, Sarahmona M., Eliseo-Arras, Rebecca K., Krawiec, Gabriela, Gower, Emily, Dermen, Kurt
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004007/

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spelling	pubmed-50040072016-09-08 Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults Przybyla, Sarahmona M. Eliseo-Arras, Rebecca K. Krawiec, Gabriela Gower, Emily Dermen, Kurt Research Article While substance use is one of the most consistent predictors of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), few studies among people living with HIV (PLH) have utilized mobile phone-based assessment of these health behaviors. PLH were recruited from primary care clinics to report ART and substance use using a smartphone application (app) for 14 consecutive days. The app's feasibility as a data collection tool was evaluated quantitatively via surveys and qualitatively via in-depth interviews to assess daily report completion, compliance, and study satisfaction. Overall, 26 participants (M = 49.5 years, 76% male) completed 95.3% of time-based daily reports. Participants reported high satisfaction with the app and expressed future interest in using smartphones to report daily behaviors. High completion rates and participant acceptability suggest that smartphones are a feasible, acceptable method for collecting substance use and ART data among PLH. Potential areas of concern such as sufficient training and assistance for those with limited smartphone experience should be considered for future app-based research studies among PLH. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5004007/ /pubmed/27610243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9510172 Text en Copyright © 2016 Sarahmona M. Przybyla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Przybyla, Sarahmona M. Eliseo-Arras, Rebecca K. Krawiec, Gabriela Gower, Emily Dermen, Kurt
spellingShingle	Przybyla, Sarahmona M. Eliseo-Arras, Rebecca K. Krawiec, Gabriela Gower, Emily Dermen, Kurt Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
author_facet	Przybyla, Sarahmona M. Eliseo-Arras, Rebecca K. Krawiec, Gabriela Gower, Emily Dermen, Kurt
author_sort	Przybyla, Sarahmona M.
title	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
title_short	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
title_full	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
title_fullStr	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
title_full_unstemmed	Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults
title_sort	feasibility and acceptability of a smartphone app for daily reports of substance use and antiretroviral therapy adherence among hiv-infected adults
description	While substance use is one of the most consistent predictors of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), few studies among people living with HIV (PLH) have utilized mobile phone-based assessment of these health behaviors. PLH were recruited from primary care clinics to report ART and substance use using a smartphone application (app) for 14 consecutive days. The app's feasibility as a data collection tool was evaluated quantitatively via surveys and qualitatively via in-depth interviews to assess daily report completion, compliance, and study satisfaction. Overall, 26 participants (M = 49.5 years, 76% male) completed 95.3% of time-based daily reports. Participants reported high satisfaction with the app and expressed future interest in using smartphones to report daily behaviors. High completion rates and participant acceptability suggest that smartphones are a feasible, acceptable method for collecting substance use and ART data among PLH. Potential areas of concern such as sufficient training and assistance for those with limited smartphone experience should be considered for future app-based research studies among PLH.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004007/
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Smartphone App for Daily Reports of Substance Use and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among HIV-Infected Adults

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