NoFumo+: Mobile Health App to Quit Smoking Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

ABSTRACT: This paper describes the development and test of a smartphone application to quit smoking using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The tool includes recommendations from US Clinical Practice Guidelines (USCPG), drawing on the potential of smartphones and complying with the health App (mHealth) assessment standards. The mHealth created, called NoFumo+, is structured by 4 weeks treatment, implements the USCPG 5A recommendations (ask, advise, assess, assist, and arrange) and incorporates a CBT. It also includes complementary information, monitoring of the smoking behavior, social support for users, proposals for alternative activities to smoking, and innovative gamification to encourage and reward adherence. To technical development, a multidisciplinary team was formed (healthcare, research,

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Pazo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449556 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature