Users' needs for a digital smoking cessation application and how to address them: A mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite their increasing prevalence and potential, eHealth applications for behavior change suffer from a lack of adherence and from dropout. Advances in virtual coach technology provide new opportunities to improve this. However, these applications still do not always offer what people need. We, therefore, need a better understanding of people's needs and how to address these, based on both actual experiences of users and their reflections on envisioned scenarios.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal study in which 671 smokers interacted with a virtual coach in five sessions. The virtual coach assigned them a new preparatory activity for quitting smoking or increasing physical activity in each session. Participants provided feedback on the activity in the next ses

SUBMITTER: Albers N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394512 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature