背景:高危饮酒和饮酒障碍的患病率正在增加。技术的进步已经导致了针对这种疾病的许多智能手机应用。然而,人们仍然对以前开发的酒精应用的证据基础感到担忧。
目的:以下研究旨在说明作者如何利用创新的方法来克服与跟踪一个人所消耗的酒精量的准确性有关的问题;它还旨在确定用户对创新的跟踪器以及来自发达国家(加拿大)普通人群的酒精自我管理应用程序的各种其他功能的看法。
方法:开发了一种本地酒精自我管理应用程序。为了确定用户对这个新的创新应用程序的看法,作者利用并利用众包获取用户观点。
结果:我们的结果显示,35-44岁年龄段的智能手机拥有率最高(91%),55-64岁年龄段的智能手机拥有率最低(58%)。我们的分析还表明,25-34岁和35-44岁的年轻人比其他人群更频繁地饮酒。结果表明,通知和信息是两个最有用的功能,心理治疗预计是最没用的。女性表示通知服务是最有用的功能,而男性更喜欢信息成分。
结论:这项研究证明了作者如何利用创新技术来克服现有的关于利用血液酒精浓度水平作为跟踪器的担忧。此外,作者设法突出用户对酒精应用的偏好.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders is increasing. Advances in technology have resulted in numerous smartphone applications for this disorder. However, there are still concerns about the evidence base of previously developed alcohol applications.
OBJECTIVE: The following study aims to illustrate how the authors have made use of innovative methodologies to overcome the issues relating to the accuracy of tracking the amount of alcohol one has consumed; it also aims to determine user perceptions about the innovative tracker and various other features of an alcohol self-management application among a group of individuals from the general population of a developed country (Canada).
METHODS: A native alcohol self-management application was developed. In order to determine user perspectives towards this new innovative application, the authors took advantage and made use of crowdsourcing to acquire user perspectives.
RESULTS: Our results showed that smartphone ownership is highest among the age group of 35-44 years (91%) and lowest for those aged between 55 and 64 (58%). Our analysis also showed that 25-34-year-olds and 35-44-year-olds drink more frequently than the other groups. Results suggest that notification and information were the two most useful functions, with psychotherapy expected to be the least useful. Females indicated that notification service was the most useful function, while males preferred the information component.
CONCLUSIONS: This study has demonstrated how the authors have made use of innovative technologies to overcome the existing concerns pertaining to the utilisation of the blood alcohol concentration levels as a tracker. In addition, the authors have managed to highlight user preferences with regard to an alcohol application.