Prioritizing the mHealth Design Space: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Smokers' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Therefore, researchers are constantly exploring new ways to promote smoking cessation. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies could be effective cessation tools. Despite the availability of commercial quit-smoking apps, little research to date has examined smokers' preferred treatment intervention components (ie, design features). Honoring these preferences is important for designing programs that are appealing to smokers and may be more likely to be adopted and used.

Objective

The aim of this study was to understand smokers' preferred design features of mHealth quit-smoking tools.

Methods

We used a mixed-methods approach consisting of focus groups and written surveys to

SUBMITTER: Hartzler AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992168 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature