Design and Development of Smoking Cessation Apps Based on Smokers' and Providers' Perspectives in China: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there are more than 60 smartphone apps for smoking cessation in China, many of them do not include the content and features that health care professionals and smokers prefer-which may make them impractical, unengaging, and ineffective. Therefore, we investigated both health care providers' and smokers' preferences for features of future smoking cessation apps.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate Chinese health care providers' and smokers' desired features of a smoking cessation app, with the goal of providing design recommendations for app designers and researchers.

Methods

Both Chinese smokers who own smartphones (n=357) and Chinese health care providers (n=224) responded to a survey collecting data on their sociodemographic characteristics

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800458 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature