Characterising smoking cessation smartphone applications in terms of behaviour change techniques, engagement and ease-of-use features

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 410-417

  Ubhi, Harveen Kaur ^a,b   Michie, Susan ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^a,b,c   van Schayck, Onno C P ^b   Selladurai, Abiram ^a   West, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applications; Apps; BCTs; Behaviour change interventions; Behaviour change techniques; Ease of use; Engagement; Feature; Mobile; Smartphone; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CODING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRAVING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SMARTPHONE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; SMARTPHONE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84983551586     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0352-x     Document Type: Article

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