scholarly journals Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and mhealth interventions among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Scoping Review. (Preprint)

10.2196/27751 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Clark ◽  
Sunny Jung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of mental health outcomes in veterans and servicemembers: A scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 113359
Author(s):  
Molly Gromatsky ◽  
Sarah R. Sullivan ◽  
Angela Page Spears ◽  
Emily Mitchell ◽  
Samantha Walsh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

scholarly journals Acceptability of ecological momentary assessment among young men who have sex with men

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin T. Duncan ◽  
Farzana Kapadia ◽  
Thomas R. Kirchner ◽  
William C. Goedel ◽  
William J. Brady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

scholarly journals Acceptability and Feasibility of Geographically Explicit Ecological Momentary Assessment Among Men Who have Sex with Men

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Sheck ◽  
Carla Tilchin ◽  
Jessica Wagner ◽  
David H. Epstein ◽  
Albert Burgess-Hull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Transmission Risk ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Momentary Assessment

AbstractSyphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) has increased greatly in the past twenty years in the U.S. Geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA), in which behaviors are geotagged and contextualized in time and space, may contribute to a greater understanding of transmission risk. The objective was to determine the acceptability and feasibility of GEMA for assessing HIV and syphilis transmission risk behaviors among a sample of MSM. Participants responded to a brief survey five times a day for two weeks. Feasibility was measured by participant recruitment, enrollment, prompts received and answered, geotagged prompts, and technical interference with data collection. Acceptability was measured by ratings of enjoyment and willingness for future participation. Summaries of five behavioral measures from the brief survey were calculated. Among the 83 participants contacted, 67.5% (56) expressed interest, 98% (55) were scheduled, and 81.8% (45) were enrolled. Participants answered 78.3% (2,277) of prompts received and 87.7% (1,998) of answered prompts were geotagged. Overall, 70.5% (31) enjoyed participating and 91.1% (41) were willing to participate in the future. Among prompts answered, missingness was low for five behavioral measures (range 0.2% (4) to 0.7% (16)). Feasibility and acceptability were high and missingness was low on behavioral measures in this MSM study population. Most participants reported that they would participate again. Future work should focus on whether GEMA improves our understanding of syphilis and HIV transmission risk.

scholarly journals Ecological Momentary Assessment and mHealth Interventions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Clark ◽  
Sunny Jung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

BACKGROUND Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a research design that allows for the measurement of nearly instantaneous experiences within the participant’s natural environment. Using EMA can help improve recall bias, ecological validity, and patient engagement while enhancing personalization and the ubiquity of interventions. People that can benefit from the use of EMA are men who have sex with men (MSM). Previous EMA studies have been successful in capturing patterns of depression, anxiety, substance use, and risky sexual behavior. These findings are directly relevant to MSM, who have high rates of each of these psychological and behavioral outcomes. Although there is a driving force behind the growing literature surrounding EMAs among MSM, no synthesizing reviews yet exist. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to (1) synthesize the literature across fields on how EMA methods have been used among MSM, (2) better understand the feasibility and acceptability of EMA interventions among MSM, and (3) inform designs for future research studies on best evidence-based practices for EMA interventions. METHODS Based on 4 library databases, we conducted a scoping review of EMAs used within interventions among MSM. The eligibility criteria included peer-reviewed studies conducted in the United States and the use of EMA methodology in an intervention for MSM. Modeling after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions as the framework, we applied a typology that used 8 distinct review criteria, for example, sample size, design of the intervention, random assignment, design of the follow-up investigation, rate of retention, and rate of engagement. RESULTS Our results (k=15, N=952) indicated a range of sample sizes; the smallest sample size was 12, while the largest sample size was 120. Of the 15 studies, 7 (47%) focused on outcomes related to substance use or outcomes related to psychological experiences. Of the 15 studies, 5 (33%) implemented an EMA intervention across 30 days. Of the 15 studies, 2 studies (13%) used random assignment, and 2 studies (13%) had quasi-experimental designs. Of the 15 studies, 10 studies (67%) reported acceptable retention rates greater than 70%. The outcomes that had event-contingent prompts (ie, prompts after engaging in substance use) were not as effective in engaging participants, with overall engagement rates as low as 37%. CONCLUSIONS Our systematic scoping review indicates strong evidence that the EMA methodology is both feasible and acceptable at high rates among MSM, especially, when examining psychological and behavioral outcomes such as negative or positive affect, risky sexual behavior, or substance use. Further research on optimal designs of EMA interventions for MSM is warranted.

Emotionsregulation bei Depression

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Barnow ◽  
Maren Aldinger ◽  
Ines Ulrich ◽  
Malte Stopsack
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Die Anzahl der Studien, die sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Emotionsregulation (ER) und depressiven Störungen befassen, steigt. In diesem Review werden Studien zusammengefasst und metaanalytisch ausgewertet, die den Zusammenhang zwischen ER und Depression mittels Fragebögen bzw. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) erfassen. Dabei zeigt sich ein ER-Profil welches durch die vermehrte Nutzung von Rumination, Suppression und Vermeidung bei gleichzeitig seltenerem Einsatz von Neubewertung und Problemlösen gekennzeichnet ist. Mit mittleren bis großen Effekten, ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Depression und maladaptiven Strategien besser belegt als bei den adaptiven Formen, wo die Effekte eher moderat ausfielen. EMA-Messungen bestätigen dieses Profil. Da EMA-Studien neben der Häufigkeit des Strategieeinsatzes auch die Erfassung anderer ER-Parameter wie Effektivität und Flexibilität ermöglichen, sollten solche Designs in der ER-Forschung zukünftig vermehrt Einsatz finden.

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