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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Jul 18;4(7):e005371.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005371.

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  1 , Kevin McGeechan  2 , Lyndal Trevena  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

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 et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Introduction: In 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.

Keywords: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH.

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Screenshots of the study app (A is a screenshot of the baseline questionnaire, B a quitting benefits tracker, C a notification message when a quitting benefit accomplished and D the follow-up process).
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The trial flow chart.
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