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. 2023 May 15;14:1143167. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1143167

Table 3.

Framework’s resume of the Craving-Manager app functioning.

Situation Decision rules Decision point Tailoring variables Intervention options (IO)* according to BCT Taxonomy (see Table 2)
Addictive use report IF use = TRUE since the previous assessment
AND participant consents
THEN see IO column.
Daily EMA prompt
  • Addictive use

  • Type of substance use/addictive behavior

  • Participant acceptance

1.2/1.3/ 2.3 + 12.3 /3.3/ 4.3 + 1.4/ 9.2/11.3 + 11.2 /12.4 /15.1
Craving report IF level of craving is ≥4 (out of 7) OR IF level of craving is > last week’s mean level of craving
AND participant consents
THEN see IO column
Daily EMA prompt
  • Level of craving

  • Type of substance use/addictive behavior

  • Participant acceptance

1.2/2.3 + 12.3/2.3 + 1.2/3.3/4.1/9.2/11.3 + 11.2 /12.4
Cues report IF exposition to a cue = TRUE
AND participant consents
THEN see IO column
Daily EMA prompt
  • Being exposed to a cue

  • Participant acceptance

1.2/2.3 + 1.2/3.3 /11.3 + 11.2/12.4
At-risk location
detected (GPS)
IF distance < fixed distance (10–90 meters) around one of the at-risk location points AND
IF participant consents
THEN see IO column.
Anytime, when detected
  • Distance to at-risk location

  • Participant acceptance

1.2/2.3 + 1.2/3.3 /11.3 + 11.2 /12.4
On-demand help request IF click on the help button AND report: risk of use, use, craving, exposition to a cue
THEN see IO column.
Anytime, on participant’s demand
  • Individual’s need

  • Type of situation reported

1.2/1.3/2.3 + 1.2/2.3 + 12.3/3.3/4.1/4.3 + 1.4
9.2/11.3 + 11.2/12.4/15.1

*When several options are possible, the intervention is drawn at random, using a draw without discount rule, to maximize alternation of intervention options, and avoid fatigue effects.