SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2022
Automated Digital Interventions and Smoking Cessation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Relating Efficiency to a Psychological Theory of Intervention Perspective.
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- Mapping the Landscape of Digital Health Intervention Strategies: 25-Year Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile Phone-Based Interventions for Smoking Cessation Among Young People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of Lung Cancer Screening, Smoking Cessation, and Cessation Smartphone App to Health-Related Quality of Life Among Heavy Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- A Digital Cognitive-Physical Intervention for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Psychological mechanisms of behavioral change: Trajectories of self-efficacy and motivation among Tunisian health science students using a mobile application to quit smoking - A prospective observational study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Develop a personalised serious game applet for smoking cessation: protocol for enterprise-based cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Low-Burden Electronic Health Record Strategies for Engaging Oncologists in Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions: Qualitative Interview Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Tobacco cessation: screening and interventions.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Adherence to a digital therapeutic mediates the relationship between momentary self-regulation and health risk behaviors.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Digital Intervention for Tobacco Cessation Among Adults: A Systematic Review.Addiction & health · 2025Review
- Behaviour change techniques reported in intervention studies of alcohol and tobacco use: a rapid review.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Review
- Presenting and Evaluating a Smartwatch-Based Intervention for Smoking Relapse (StopWatch): Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Digital Conversational Agent (Chatbot) for Delivering Parenting Interventions: Systematic Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Review
- Smoking cessation in lung cancer screening: can a smartphone help?The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Smartphone application versus written material for smoking reduction and cessation in individuals undergoing low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer: a phase II open-label randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Mobile Health Interventions for Substance Use Disorders.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2024Review
- Do medications increase the efficacy of digital interventions for smoking cessation? Secondary results from the iCanQuit randomized trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- Applications of digital health approaches for cardiometabolic diseases prevention and management in the Western Pacific region.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Review
- The Impact of Digital Health on Smoking Cessation.Interactive journal of medical research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking remains a highly significant preventable global public health problem. In this context, digital interventions offer great advantages in terms of a lack of biological side effects, possibility of automatic delivery, and consequent human resource savings relative to traditional interventions. Such interventions have been studied in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) but have not been systematically reviewed with the inclusion of text-based and multiplatform-based interventions. In addition, this area has not been evaluated from the perspective of the psychological theoretical basis of intervention.
objectiveThe aim of this paper is to assess the efficiency of digital interventions in RCT studies of smoking cessation and to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies used for digital interventions.
methodsAn electronic search of RCTs was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library by June 30, 2021. Eligible studies had to compare automated digital intervention (ADI) to the use of a self-help guideline or no intervention. Participants were current smokers (aged 16 years or older). As the main outcome, abstinence after endpoint was extracted from the studies. Systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to assess the efficiency of ADIs. Metaregressions were conducted to assess the relationship between intervention theory and effectiveness.
resultsA total of 19 trials (15,472 participants) were included in the analysis. The overall abstinence rate (95% CI) at the endpoint was 17.8% (17.0-18.7). The overall risk ratio of the intervention group compared to the controls at the endpoint was 17.8% (17.0-18.7). Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (ROB 2) suggested that most of the studies had a low risk of bias (56.3%). Psychological theory-related constructs or predictors, which refer to other theory-based concepts (rather than only behavioral theory) such as craving or anxiety, are associated with effectiveness.
conclusionsThis study found that ADI had a clear positive effect compared to self-help guidelines or to no intervention, and effectiveness was associated with theory-related constructs or predictors. ADIs should be promoted by policy makers and clinical practitioners to address the huge gap between the need for smoking cessation and availability of traditional treatment resources. Possible increases in ADI efficiency may be achieved by optimally integrating psychotherapeutic theories and techniques.
trial registrationPROSPERO CRD42021256593; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=256593.
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