Playing Around with Quitting Smoking: A Randomized Pilot Trial of Mobile Games as a Craving Response Strategy.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Strong cravings to smoke are an obstacle to cessation success. Unfortunately, cessation medication and counseling only modestly quell craving. This pilot study was designed to examine the feasibility of mobile games as a response strategy to craving and whether a fully powered trial is warranted. Materials and Methods: Smokers interested in quitting (N = 30) were offered 4 weeks of nicotine patch plus counseling and randomized to quit with (games-on) versus without (games-off) access to 11 commercial mobile games. Outcomes included post-target quit day (TQD) game play, craving, smoking, and quitting. Almost all P's were >0.05; outcomes should be interpreted with caution due to the small N. Results: Of games-on partic

SUBMITTER: Schlam TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7038567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature