ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2005
Initial evaluation of a real-world Internet smoking cessation system.
Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peer-Based Social Media Features in Behavior Change Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Conceptualising engagement with digital behaviour change interventions: a systematic review using principles from critical interpretive synthesis.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Persuasive system design does matter: a systematic review of adherence to web-based interventions.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Pooled it
- Which intervention characteristics are related to more exposure to internet-delivered healthy lifestyle promotion interventions? A systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2011Pooled it
- Systematic review and evaluation of web-accessible tools for management of diabetes and related cardiovascular risk factors by patients and healthcare providers.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAPooled it
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- Moderators of the Effects of mySmartSkin, a Web-Based Intervention to Promote Skin Self-examination and Sun Protection Among Individuals Diagnosed With Melanoma.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
- Improving quit rates of web-delivered interventions for smoking cessation: full-scale randomized trial of WebQuit.org versus Smokefree.gov.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Trial
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- Improving Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment: Intervention Effects in a Web-Based Randomized Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- Online community use predicts abstinence in combined Internet/phone intervention for smoking cessation.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Optimising text messaging to improve adherence to web-based smoking cessation treatment: a randomised control trial protocol.BMJ open · 2016Trial
- Predictors of Utilization of a Novel Smoking Cessation Smartphone App.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2015Trial
- Use of an online smoking cessation community promotes abstinence: Results of propensity score weighting.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2015Trial
- The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of smartphone-based mindfulness training for smoking cessation: a study protocol.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Internet and Telephone Treatment for smoking cessation: mediators and moderators of short-term abstinence.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Trial
- The needs and preferences of pregnant smokers regarding tailored Internet-based smoking cessation interventions: a qualitative interview study.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- Use of non-assigned interventions in a randomized trial of internet and telephone treatment for smoking cessation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Trial
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Abstract
To significantly reduce smoking prevalence, treatments must balance reach, efficacy, and cost. The Internet can reach millions of smokers cost-effectively. Many cessation Web sites exist, but few have been evaluated. As a result, the potential impact of the Internet on smoking prevalence remains unknown. The present study reports the results, challenges, and limitations of a preliminary, large-scale evaluation of a broadly disseminated smoking cessation Web site used worldwide (QuitNet). Consecutive registrants (N=1,501) were surveyed 3 months after they registered on the Web site to assess 7-day point prevalence abstinence. Results must be interpreted cautiously because this is an uncontrolled study with a 25.6% response rate. Approximately 30% of those surveyed indicated they had already quit smoking at registration. Excluding these participants, an intention-to-treat analysis yielded 7% point prevalence abstinence (for the responders only, abstinence was 30%). A range of plausible cessation outcomes (9.8%-13.1%) among various subgroups is presented to illustrate the strengths and limitations of conducting Web-based evaluations, and the tensions between clinical and dissemination research methods. Process-to-outcome analyses indicated that sustained use of QuitNet, especially the use of social support, was associated with more than three times greater point prevalence abstinence and more than four times greater continuous abstinence. Despite its limitations, the present study provides useful information about the potential efficacy, challenging design and methodological issues, process-to-outcome mechanisms of action, and potential public health impact of Internet-based behavior change programs for smoking cessation.
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