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. 2023 Dec 8;11(24):3121.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare11243121.

Use of the Therapy App Prescinde for Increasing Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment

Francisca López-Torrecillas  1 , Isabel Ramírez-Uclés  2 , María Del Mar Rueda  3 , Beatriz Cobo-Rodríguez  4 , Luis Castro-Martín  5 , Sabina Arantxa Urrea-Castaño  3 , Lucas Muñoz-López  6
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Use of the Therapy App Prescinde for Increasing Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment

Francisca López-Torrecillas et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Tobacco use poses major health risks and is a major contributor to causes of death worldwide. Mobile phone-based cessation apps for this substance are gaining popularity, often used as a component of traditional interventions. This study aimed to analyze adherence to an intervention using a mobile phone application (App-therapy Prescinde (v1)) as a function of sociodemographic variables (age, gender, educational level, and profession) as well as the primary activities supported by the app (reducing tobacco or cannabis use and increasing physical exercise). The participants were recruited through the web pages of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service and the Psychology Clinic of the University of Granada during the COVID-19 confinement period. The application's contents include three components (self-report, motivational phrases, and goal setting). Our findings indicate that being male, being aged between 26 and 62, having a high school education, and being unemployed increase the likelihood of adherence to the Prescinde therapy app three months after usage. Our findings highlight the importance of developing new therapeutic approaches and conducting in-depth studies on the factors associated with adherence to tobacco cessation and cannabis cessation treatments via mobile phone applications.

Keywords: adherence; cannabis; mobile app; physical exercise; tobacco.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Initial screen of the therapy app Prescinde.
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Question for the participant.
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Recording consumption.
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Activity history.
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Participants in treatment over time, and adherence rates.
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Survival function.
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Survival function according to gender.
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Survival function according to age group.
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Survival function according to main use of the app (activity).
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