Prevalence and frequency of mHealth and eHealth use among US and UK smokers and differences by motivation to quit

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Borrelli, Belinda ^a,b   Bartlett, Yvonne Kiera ^b   Tooley, Erin ^c   Armitage, Christopher J ^b   Wearden, Alison ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eHealth; Health behavior; mHealth; Motivation; Smoking cessation; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938583054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4420     Document Type: Article

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