Efficacy of a Mobile Application in the Smoking Cessation Among Young People

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

Smoking cessation, Primary health care, Young people, Cellular phone

Brief summary

AIM: To assess the efficacy of an intervention based on the specific design and implementation of a mobile application (APP) in order to reduce the prevalence of smoking consumption among young people motivated 18 to 30 years METHODS: Cluster randomised clinical trial. Unit of randomization: Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC). Intention to treat analysis. STUDY POPULATION: Motivated young smokers of 10 or more cigarettes per day aged 18 to 30 years consulting for any reason to PHCC and who provided written informed consent to participate in the trial. INTERVENTION: 6-month implementation of recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline smoking cessation which includes mobile APPs application. Control group: usual care. OUTCOME MEASURES: Abstinence at 12 months confirmed by exhaled air carbon monoxide concentration of less or iqual 10 parts per million in each control. RESULTS: The application of a smoking cessation intervention with a mobile APPs application will improve the smoking cessation success rate in smokers, besides of their intention or not to give up smoking at baseline.

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10.2196/15951

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2013-08-0123 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-13-704

Interventions

OTHERControl group

6-month implementation of recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline smoking cessation

DEVICECell phone Aplication for Smarth Phone

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Participant between 18 t0 30 years old smoking 10 or more cigarretes at day * To have a smarthphone (Android, ios Ihpone, ios Ipad) * Normal and high motivation for smocking cessation

Exclusion criteria

* To have other addictions * Participants with Blackberry smarthphone

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Smoking cessation	Change in smoking status from baseline at 6 months

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Primary ContactEmpar Valdivieso López, Nurse

evaldivieso.tarte.ics@gencat.cat+34675783477

Backup ContactGemma Flores Mateo, PhD

gflores@idiapjgol.org+34626136232

Outcome results

None listed