NoFumo
A Clinical Trial of an mHealth for Smoking Cessation with Hospitalized Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15466345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia García‐Pazo (0000-0001-5229-8249, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands, corresponding author), Albert Sesé (0000-0003-3771-1749, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands), Jordi Llabrés (0000-0003-0520-9498, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands), Joana Fornés‐Vives (0000-0001-8733-7594, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 10476-10476 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph181910476 |
| PMID | 34639776 |
| OpenAlex | W3202418589 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Smartphone applications (apps) improve accessibility to smoking cessation treatments. The NoFumo+ app administers a cognitive behavioral therapy program for smoking cessation. This study evaluates the efficacy of NoFumo+ for quitting smoking or reducing cigarette consumption versus the usual information-based treatment. A clinical trial was conducted with 99 hospitalized smokers, 54 pseudo-randomly assigned to the app treatment and 45 to the usual treatment. The two groups had homogeneous baseline characteristics to ensure comparability. Abstinence was evaluated at post-treatment (two months) and at a six-month follow-up. The results obtained indicate that participants who receive the usual treatment are 5.40 times more likely to continue smoking than those who undergo the app treatment (95% CI = [1.35; 20.15]). Participants who do not succeed in quitting smoking with the app manage to decrease their habitual consumption. Users who successfully complete treatment with NoFumo+ access all its contents and use the chat, but without requesting professional support. There is not enough empirical evidence to attribute this success to any specific element of the app. NoFumo+ achieves better abstinence rates than the usual information-based treatments, and the goal of generalizing its use to the non-hospitalized smoking population may be achievable in the future
Abstinence · Clinical trial · Environmental health · Family medicine · mHealth · Physical therapy · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Randomized controlled trial · Smoking cessation · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Internal Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |