Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable mortality. The use of mobile phones has grown exponentially, becoming a powerful tool to be used in health care.

Methods

In order to assess the effectiveness of mobile phones to quit smoking, we have carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials evaluating interventions based on mobile applications for smartphones, that were not a smaller version of the same application, against other types of therapy. To address this, a bibliographic search was carried out in MEDLINE, EMBASE and COCHRANE LIBRARY. To obtain the combined effect, the relative risk and the 95% confidence interval were used. A heterogeneity and sensitivity analysis were also conducted.

Results

A total of nine studie

SUBMITTER: Cobos-Campos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7682489 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature