"Appagalo" a Customized Mobile Health Intervention (mHealth) for Smoking Cessation in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Almost 30% of Chilean women report cigarette smoking with important repercussions on their health. OBJECTIVE: Design and test a mobile phone intervention for smoking cessation in young women. STUDY DESIGN: A mobile application (app) was created using the best available evidence and consu...

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Publicado en:Tobacco Use Insights pp. 1 - 15
Autores principales: Martinez-Gutierrez, Javiera, Domínguez, Angélica, López, Carolina, Alcántara, Juan, Althausen, Carolina, Rojas, Mildred, Véjar, Leonardo, Bambs, Claudia
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2/21/2023
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          Martinez-Gutierrez, Javiera
          Domínguez, Angélica
          López, Carolina
          Alcántara, Juan
          Althausen, Carolina
          Rojas, Mildred
          Véjar, Leonardo
          Bambs, Claudia
        affil: Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, 28033 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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          Telehealth Methods
          Smoking Cessation
          Health Promotion Methods
          Women In Adolescence
          Women In Adulthood
          Smoking Prevention and Control
          Program Development
          Program Evaluation
          Human
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Random Assignment
          Prospective Studies
          Smartphone
          Tobacco Products Utilization
          Comparative Studies
          Substance Abstinence
          Relative Risk
          Confidence Intervals
          Descriptive Statistics
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          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Adult
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
      ab: BACKGROUND: Almost 30% of Chilean women report cigarette smoking with important repercussions on their health. OBJECTIVE: Design and test a mobile phone intervention for smoking cessation in young women. STUDY DESIGN: A mobile application (app) was created using the best available evidence and consumer input. Its effectiveness was assessed through a randomized clinical trial. STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Women 18 to 44 years old from middle-class neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile. Inclusion criteria were intention to quit cigarette smoking in the following month and having a smartphone cell phone. Women with positive screening for risky alcohol consumption were excluded. INTERVENTION: App with content to support cigarette smoking cessation over 6 months. The control arm included an app that delivered general messages to promote permanence in the study. Telephone follow-up was performed at 6 weeks, and at 3 and 6 months after randomization. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: No smoking in the past 7 days at 6 weeks from enrolment. Intention-to-treat analysis was carried out using SPSS 17.0 with a significance level set at.05. RESULTS: 309 women entered the study. Mean number of cigarettes smoked in a day was 8.8. 58.6% of the participants (n = 181) completed the follow-up for the primary outcome. With intention-to-treat analysis, 9.7% of participants in the intervention group reported not having smoked any cigarettes in the last 7 days vs 3.2% in the control group (RR 2.98 CI 95% 1.11-8.0, P =.022). Additionally, 12.3% vs 1.9% of the participants in the intervention group and control group reported continuous abstinence at 6 weeks, respectively (RR 6.29 95% CI 1.9-20.8, P <.001). Continuous abstinence was also significant at 6 months (P -value of.036). CONCLUSIONS: The "Appagalo" app is an effective tool to support smoking cessation in young women. It is a simple mHealth alternative for smoking cessation that can contribute to improving women's health in the Americas and worldwide.
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