Effectiveness of an intensive E-mail based intervention in smoking cessation (TABATIC study): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Díaz Gete, Laura ^a   Puigdomènech, Elisa ^b   Briones, Elena Mercedes ^b   Fàbregas Escurriola, Mireia ^a   Fernandez, Soraya ^a   Del Val, Jose Luis ^b   Ballvé, Jose Luis ^c   Casajuana, Marc ^d   Sánchez Fondevila, Jessica ^b   Clemente, Lourdes ^e   Castaño, Carmen ^f   Martín Cantera, Carlos ^a,b,g  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b Primary Healthcare   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud Santo Grial   (Spain)

^f Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca IBSAL   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Electronic mail; Primary health care; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; E-MAIL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL GROUPS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876169612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-364     Document Type: Article

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