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Trial reportBMJ open2018

Smartphone Smoking Cessation Application (SSC App) trial: a multicountry double-blind automated randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation decision-aid 'app'.

Nasser F BinDhim, Kevin McGeechan, Lyndal Trevena

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacist-Led Digital Health Interventions: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  5. Smoking Cessation Apps: A Systematic Review of Format, Outcomes, and Features.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  8. Smart City and High-Tech Urban Interventions Targeting Human Health: An Equity-Focused Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  13. Behavioral Activation mHealth Application for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  15. Digital Smoking Cessation With a Comprehensive Guideline-Based App-Results of a Nationwide, Multicentric, Parallel, Randomized Controlled Trial in Germany.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  17. An Automated, Online Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of a Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation (Quit Sense).Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nasser F BinDhimSaudi Food and Drug Authority, 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.ORCID 0000-0003-1419-1832

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the efficacy of an interactive smoking cessation decision-aid application (pp) compared with a smoking cessation static information app on continuous abstinence.

designAutomated double-blind randomised controlled trial with 6 months follow-up (2014-2015).

settingSmartphone-based.

participants684 participants (daily smokers of cigarettes, 18 years old or over) recruited passively from app stores in the USA, Australia, UK and Singapore, and randomised to one of two sub-apps.

interventionsBehavioural, decision-aid, smartphone application. MAIN OUTCOMES: Continuous abstinence at 10 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months.

resultsSmokers who received the decision-aid app were more likely to be continuously abstinent at 1 month compared with the information-only app (28.5% vs 16.9%; relative risk (RR) 1.68; 95% CI 1.25 to 2.28). The effect was sustained at 3 months (23.8% vs 10.2%; RR 2.08; 95% CI 1.38 to 3.18) and 6 months (10.2% vs 4.8%; RR 2.02; 95% CI 1.08 to 3.81). Participants receiving the decision-aid app were also more likely to have made an informed choice (31.9% vs 19.6%) and have lower decisional conflict (19.5% vs 3.9%).

conclusionA smartphone decision-aid app with support features significantly increased smoking cessation and informed choice. With an increasing number of smokers attempting to quit, unassisted evidence-based decision-aid apps can provide an effective and user-friendly option to many who are making quit decisions without healthcare professionals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12613000833763.

Indexed as

Mobile ApplicationsSmartphoneAdolescentAdultDecision Support TechniquesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansInternationalityLogistic ModelsMaleSmokingSmoking CessationYoung Adultdecision-aidsmartphonesmoking cessation

Identifiers

PMID29358418
PMCPMC5780681

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