Assessing the effect of an interactive decision-aid smartphone smoking cessation application (app) on quit rates: A double-blind automated randomised control trial protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  BinDhim, Nasser F ^a,b   McGeechan, Kevin ^a   Trevena, Lyndal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SELF HELP; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION TRAINING; SMARTPHONE;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIMULATION TRAINING; SMARTPHONE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84904470858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005371     Document Type: Article

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