Smartphone Smoking Cessation Application (SSC App) trial: a multicountry double-blind automated randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation decision-aid 'app'.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of an interactive smoking cessation decision-aid application (pp) compared with a smoking cessation static information app on continuous abstinence. DESIGN:Automated double-blind randomised controlled trial with 6 months follow-up (2014-2015). SETTING:Smartphone-based. PARTICIPANTS:684 participants (daily smokers of cigarettes, 18 years old or over) recruited passively from app stores in the USA, Australia, UK and Singapore, and randomised to one of two sub-apps. INTERVENTIONS:Behavioural, decision-aid, smartphone application. MAIN OUTCOMES:Continuous abstinence at 10 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. RESULTS:Smokers who received the decision-aid app were more likely to be continuously abstinent at 1 month compared with the information-only app (28.5% v

SUBMITTER: BinDhim NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5780681 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature