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Trial reportBMJ open2014

Assessing the effect of an interactive decision-aid smartphone smoking cessation application (app) on quit rates: a double-blind automated randomised control trial protocol.

Nasser F BinDhim, Kevin McGeechan, Lyndal Trevena

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Quantity over quality-Findings from a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids on early abortion methods.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018
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  2. Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  13. What Do Smokers Want in A Smartphone-Based Cessation Application?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nasser F BinDhimSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Public Health and Health Informatics School, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Kevin McGeechanSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Lyndal TrevenaSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn a previous study exploring the feasibility of a smoking cessation application (app), we found that about 77% of the respondents from three countries were ready to quit in the next 30 days without significant differences between countries in terms of age, operating system and number of quitting attempts. However, the efficacy of smartphone apps for smoking cessation has not yet been established. This study tests the efficacy of a smartphone smoking cessation decision-aid app compared with an app that contains only smoking cessation information. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is an automated double-blind, randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation app that contains the eligibility requirements and baseline questionnaire and will randomise the participants into one of the two subapps (the intervention and the control). Participants will be recruited directly from the Apple app stores in Australia, Singapore, the UK and the USA. Daily smokers aged 18 and above will be randomised into one of the subapps after completing the baseline questionnaire. Abstinence rates will be measured at 10 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months, with the 1-month follow-up abstinence rate as the primary outcome. Logistic regression mixed models will be used to analyse the primary outcome. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study was approved by the University of Sydney's Human Ethics Committee. The results of the trial will be published in peer-reviewed journals according to the CONSORT statement. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian New Zealand ClinicalTrial RegistryACTRN12613000833763.

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Decision Support TechniquesMobile ApplicationsSmartphoneDouble-Blind MethodHumansResearch DesignSimulation TrainingSmoking CessationPREVENTIVE MEDICINEPUBLIC HEALTH

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PMID25037644
PMCPMC4120407

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