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Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform
INTRODUCTION: Many smokers in China desire to quit, though the success rate among adults is low. This study evaluated the effects of QuitAction, a WeChat smoking cessation platform, summarized the intervention experience of the smoking cessation platform, identified aspects of the platform that nece...
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European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID)
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37057059 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/161257 |
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author | Xie, Jianghua H. Qiu, Yanfang F. Zhu, Lei Hu, Yina Chang, Xiaochang Wang, Wei Zhang, Lemeng M. Chen, Ouying Y. Zhong, Xianmin Yu, Xinhua Zou, Yanhui Zhong, Rui |
author_facet | Xie, Jianghua H. Qiu, Yanfang F. Zhu, Lei Hu, Yina Chang, Xiaochang Wang, Wei Zhang, Lemeng M. Chen, Ouying Y. Zhong, Xianmin Yu, Xinhua Zou, Yanhui Zhong, Rui |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Many smokers in China desire to quit, though the success rate among adults is low. This study evaluated the effects of QuitAction, a WeChat smoking cessation platform, summarized the intervention experience of the smoking cessation platform, identified aspects of the platform that necessitated improvement, and provided references for further optimization of the smoking cessation platform. METHODS: This single-arm study was conducted in Hunan, China, from September 2020 to October 2021. Regular smokers, who were aged ≥15 years and willing to quit smoking using QuitAction, were recruited. An in-application questionnaire evaluated participants’ baseline smoking status and intention to quit smoking. The QuitAction program included questionnaires regarding the participants’ ongoing smoking cessation status at 24 hours, one week, one month and three months after quitting. The smoking cessation procedure was discontinued if the participant had no intention of continuing. The smoking cessation rate, influencing success factors, frequency of use satisfaction, and helpfulness of QuitAction were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 303 participants registered and logged into the QuitAction program, including 59 with incomplete information and 64 with no intention of quitting. The study finally included 180 participants. The smoking cessation rate was 33.9% at 24 hours, 27.2% at one week, 26.1% at one month, and 25.0% at three months. QuitAction was reported as helpful by 94.9% of participants and 95.7% were satisfied with the program. Participants with a quitting difficulty score of 80–100 were less likely to quit smoking than participants with a difficulty score of 0–60 (OR=0.28; 95% CI: 0.10–0.78; p=0.015). Participants using the platform ≥5 times were more likely to quit smoking than those who used the platform <5 times (OR=3.59; 95% CI: 1.51–8.52; p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS: The QuitAction platform provides smoking cessation services that can improve smokers’ success rate and improve user experience satisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-100883632023-04-12 Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform Xie, Jianghua H. Qiu, Yanfang F. Zhu, Lei Hu, Yina Chang, Xiaochang Wang, Wei Zhang, Lemeng M. Chen, Ouying Y. Zhong, Xianmin Yu, Xinhua Zou, Yanhui Zhong, Rui Tob Induc Dis Research Paper INTRODUCTION: Many smokers in China desire to quit, though the success rate among adults is low. This study evaluated the effects of QuitAction, a WeChat smoking cessation platform, summarized the intervention experience of the smoking cessation platform, identified aspects of the platform that necessitated improvement, and provided references for further optimization of the smoking cessation platform. METHODS: This single-arm study was conducted in Hunan, China, from September 2020 to October 2021. Regular smokers, who were aged ≥15 years and willing to quit smoking using QuitAction, were recruited. An in-application questionnaire evaluated participants’ baseline smoking status and intention to quit smoking. The QuitAction program included questionnaires regarding the participants’ ongoing smoking cessation status at 24 hours, one week, one month and three months after quitting. The smoking cessation procedure was discontinued if the participant had no intention of continuing. The smoking cessation rate, influencing success factors, frequency of use satisfaction, and helpfulness of QuitAction were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 303 participants registered and logged into the QuitAction program, including 59 with incomplete information and 64 with no intention of quitting. The study finally included 180 participants. The smoking cessation rate was 33.9% at 24 hours, 27.2% at one week, 26.1% at one month, and 25.0% at three months. QuitAction was reported as helpful by 94.9% of participants and 95.7% were satisfied with the program. Participants with a quitting difficulty score of 80–100 were less likely to quit smoking than participants with a difficulty score of 0–60 (OR=0.28; 95% CI: 0.10–0.78; p=0.015). Participants using the platform ≥5 times were more likely to quit smoking than those who used the platform <5 times (OR=3.59; 95% CI: 1.51–8.52; p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS: The QuitAction platform provides smoking cessation services that can improve smokers’ success rate and improve user experience satisfaction. European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID) 2023-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10088363/ /pubmed/37057059 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/161257 Text en © 2023 Xie J. et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Xie, Jianghua H. Qiu, Yanfang F. Zhu, Lei Hu, Yina Chang, Xiaochang Wang, Wei Zhang, Lemeng M. Chen, Ouying Y. Zhong, Xianmin Yu, Xinhua Zou, Yanhui Zhong, Rui Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title | Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title_full | Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title_short | Evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of QuitAction, a smartphone WeChat platform |
title_sort | evaluation of the smoking cessation effects of quitaction, a smartphone wechat platform |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37057059 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/161257 |
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