Crush the Crave: Development and Formative Evaluation of a Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emerging evidence supports the use of smartphone apps for smoking cessation, especially in young adults given their high smoking rates and high smartphone ownership rates. Although evaluative evidence is encouraging for supporting smoking cessation, there remains a paucity of research describing the design and development processes of mobile health (mHealth) interventions.

Objective

The aim of this paper was to describe the process of developing Crush the Crave (CTC), an evidence-informed app to support smoking cessation in young adults, and the results of a formative evaluation of app usage behavior, as part of a broader program of research that seeks to establish the effectiveness of the CTC app.

Methods

The Spiral Technology Action Research (STAR) 5-cycl

SUBMITTER: Baskerville NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856923 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature