Community-based intervention programs for adults with addictive behaviors - A Scoping Review Protocol

Abstract

Introduction – Addictive behavior can be defined by a person's compulsion to engage in a continuous activity or behavior, despite the negative impact on their ability to remain mentally and/or physically healthy and functional in the home and community. The person may find the behavior rewarding psychologically and be satisfied while involved in the activity, but later he may feel guilt, remorseful or even be overwhelmed by the consequences of this choice on an ongoing basis1. Addressing this complexity requires multidisciplinary approaches and a range of responses and devices that, articulately and congruently, act in the various aspects of this phenomenon.Objective – This review aims to map programs or interventions in a community context with an impact on the cessation / reduction of addictive behaviors in adults, as well as to identify the characteristics of the participants and the contexts of implementation.Inclusion criteria – Will be considered published and unpublished primary and secondary studies on programs/interventions with an impact on the cessation/reduction of addictive tolls in adults between 18 and 40 years of age in community context, written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, between 2013 and 2019.Methods – The Scoping Review will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR. From the objective and research questions, the databases and research repositories will be selected, CINAHL Plus with full text (via EBSCO) and MEDLINE with full text (via PubMed), SciELO, Scopus JBI Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Scientific Repositories; OpenGrey (European repository) and Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal (Portuguese repository) using all pre-defined Boolean keywords, terms and expressions, to identify studies with inclusion criteria. Duplicate documents will be deleted. The selection of articles will be made by two reviewers independently by reading the title, abstract and full text. The extraction and synthesis of the data will also be performed by two reviewers independently through the analysis grid previously created for this purpose, based on the model of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The data synthesis will be presented in a narrative and table format.