Table 3.
Acceptability indicators
| Study ID, author, year | Tools and methods for measuring acceptability | Stakeholder acceptance | Emotional and psychological effect of the intervention | Ethical considerations | Acceptability and/or patient satisfaction with the group intervention | Areas of concern | Contextual factors affecting acceptability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidal, 2013 [43] | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Yes, this study was approved by the ethics committee of the hospital, and all the participants signed an informed consent document | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Hirvikoski, 2015 [44] | Modified version of the evaluation form, rating the course, session evaluation form (SEF) to get feedback | Not reported | Not reported | Yes, the study was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee of Stockholm (2009/824–31/3) | Treatment satisfaction was good, patients with ADHD showed more willingness to participate in the future than SO | Not reported | Not reported |
| Hirvikoski, 2017 [53] | Modified version of the evaluation questionnaire | Not reported | No adverse events (any inconvenience that a participant reported) or serious adverse events (anything that required inpatient hospitalization) were judged to be related to the program per se | Yes, the study was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee of Stockholm in 2012 (2012/422–31/3), and all participants gave their informed consent | The participants reported generally good treatment satisfaction | Not reported | For resource saving reasons, psychoeducational groups were relatively large: 10–15 adults with ADHD and at least as many SO |
| In de Braek, 2017 [57] | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 6–8 participants in each group, to ensure that the training functioned optimally |
| Hoxhaj, 2018 [54] | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Yes, the study was approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Freiburg | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Bachmann, 2018 [55] | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Yes, the study was approved by the local ethics committee and registered in the Current Controlled Trials database (ISRCTN12722296) |
Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Hartung, 2022 [58] | Qualitative feedback from the participants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Participants reported satisfaction with the intervention, both during and after completion, suggesting that it is easily tolerated |
30% of students prescribed ADHD medication misuse it at some point in their college careers, stigmatization is a concern | Not reported |
| Selaskowski, 2022 [56] | Not reported | Not reported | No adverse events or unintended consequences were reported | The study was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Bonn (232/18), and written consent was obtained | Not reported | Not reported | The intervention was addressed only to the participants familiar with smartphones |
ADHD attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, SO significant other