ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2020
Effectiveness of WhatsApp online group discussion for smoking relapse prevention: protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
Article in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04826796 (Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Pharmacological Interventions for Electronic Cigarette Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.Journal of addiction medicinePooled it
- Educational WhatsApp-delivered intervention based on social cognitive theory to promote leishmaniosis preventive behavior of health ambassadors: a randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and effectiveness of WhatsApp online group on breastfeeding by peer counsellors: a single-blinded, open-label pilot randomized controlled study.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Trial
- Using WhatsApp for Nutrition Surveillance Among Children Under 5 Years in West Java, Indonesia: Cross-Sectional Survey and Feasibility Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Promoting benzodiazepine cessation through an electronically-delivered patient self-management intervention (EMPOWER-ED): Randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online WhatsApp Support Group on Breastfeeding: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of WhatsApp online group discussion for smoking relapse prevention: protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
- Engaging and supporting young adults in smoking cessation: Insights from a mobile-based cessation program in China.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsSustained psychosocial support via online social groups may help former tobacco users maintain abstinence. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of participating in a WhatsApp social group for long-term smoking cessation.
designTwo-arm, open-labelled, pragmatic, individually randomized controlled trial.
settingAll participants are service users of smoking cessation clinics, and all interventions are delivered via mobile phones.
participantsParticipants included 1008 adult quitters who self-report no tobacco use in the past 3-30 days.
interventionsThe intervention group (n = 504) will join a WhatsApp social group to receive standardized and theory-based reminders of smoking relapse prevention and participate in discussion with other WhatsApp group members using their own mobile phones. All social groups will be led by counselors or specialist nurse practitioners. The control group (n = 504) will receive similar reminders via short messages to their own mobile phones but will not interact with other participants. The intervention duration for both groups is 8 weeks. Both groups will receive a booklet at baseline about how to prevent smoking relapse. MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome is biochemically validated tobacco abstinence at 12 months after consent. COMMENTS: The findings will provide evidence concerning the utility of operating online social group discussion for prevention of smoking relapse and sustaining long-term abstinence.
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