Characteristics and engagement among English-language online forums for addiction recovery available in the US

Autor: Jason B. Colditz, Lily H. Hsiao, Brandon G. Bergman, David W. Best, Eric G. Hulsey, Jaime E. Sidani, Bruce L. Rollman, Kevin L. Kraemer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Internet Interventions, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 100708- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-7829
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2024.100708
Popis: In developing public resources for the Networks Enhancing Addiction Recovery – Forum Activity Roadmap (NEAR-FAR), we completed a systematic observational study of English-language online forums related to recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction in late 2021. Among 207 identified forums, the majority were classified as “general addiction” or alcohol-focused, though classifications related to other substances were common on websites hosting multiple forums. Commonly used social media platforms such as Reddit, Facebook, or Quora offered easily accessible venues for individuals seeking online support related to a variety of substances. Forums were related to established recovery programs such as 12-step and SMART Recovery as well as other nonprofit and for-profit recovery programs, and to community forums without formal recovery programming. Among 148 forums with any observed user activity, the median time between unique user engagements was 27 days (inter-quartile range: 2–74). Among 98 forums with past-month posting activity, we found a median of
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