Table 1 START intervention app components and features
Features | Description | Format | Activities |
|---|---|---|---|
Check-In | Check in on mood, adherence, using drugs/alcohol | Text, graphics | Prompts participant to choose current mood, report if they took their HIV medications yet, and report if they are currently using drugs/alcohol. |
Welcome | Introduction to the START app and investigators, self-care, and information about stimulant use and HIV | Text, graphics, video | Choose self-care strategies to implement when stressed |
Positive Events and Gratitude | Noticing positive events, developing gratitude | Text, graphics, video | 鈼� Write down 3 good things that happened today 鈼� Write down 1鈥�+鈥塼hing that the participant is grateful for 鈼� Meditation 鈥� Breath retraining |
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion | Informal mindfulness, self-compassion | Text, graphics, video | 鈼� Write down 1鈥�+鈥塼hings that participant wants to be mindful of 鈼� Choose the self-compassionate statement in 4 multiple choice scenarios; practice using self-compassion skills on personal situations 鈼� Meditation 鈥� Mindful breathing |
Reappraisal and Coping | Learning positive reappraisal and coping skills | Text, graphics, video | 鈼� Choose the positive reappraisal statement in 3 multiple choice scenarios; practice using positive reappraisals on personal situations Meditation 鈥� Mountain meditation |
Values, Strengths, and Goals | Taking inventory of values and strengths; applying values and strengths to setting goals | Text, graphics, video | 鈼� Practice on 2 scenarios to set an attainable goal, ordering steps to achieve goal, and attaching values and strengths 鈼� Set own attainable goal, setting steps, and attaching values and strengths, track during check in. 鈼� Meditation- Mindful meditation |
Acts of Kindness | Learning how to enact acts of kindness | Text, graphics, video | 鈼� Activity to help create 1鈥�+鈥塧cts of kindness and track it 鈼� Meditation 鈥� Loving kindness meditation |
My Skills | Display of Skills with badges representing time completed, direct access to skills practice, and direct access to meditations | Text, graphics | |
My Timeline | Timeline of activities completed by month and day | Text, graphics | |
My Trends | Summary of Check in data | ||
My Self Care | List of self-care activities that can be checked off and edited | Text | |
Crisis Resources | List of crisis, LGBTQ, mental health and substance use, and HIV and health resources | Text, graphics | |
My settings | Change PIN, Contact us, FAQ, set and update medication reminder, set and update check-in reminder | Text |