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dc.contributor.authorHassandra, Mary
dc.contributor.authorLintunen, Taru
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin S
dc.contributor.authorHeikkinen, Risto
dc.contributor.authorVanhala, Mauno
dc.contributor.authorKettunen, Tarja
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-05T03:23:08Z
dc.date.available2023-07-05T03:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn2291-5222en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/mhealth.6252en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/410256
dc.description.abstractBackground: While gains in reducing smoking rates in Finland have been made, prevalence rates are still substantial. Relapse rates among smokers engaged in quit-smoking programs are high. Physical activity has been proposed as one means to help smokers manage cravings. Software and apps on mobile phone and handheld devices offer an opportunity to communicate messages on how to use physical activity to manage cravings as part of quit-smoking programs. Objective: We aimed to test the feasibility, acceptability, usability, and preliminary efficacy of an mHealth mobile phone app, Physical activity over Smoking (PhoS), to assist smokers in quitting smoking in a randomized controlled trial. The app was designed to prompt smokers to engage in physical activities to manage their smoking cravings. Methods: Regular smokers (n=44) attended a group-based behavioral counselling program aimed at promoting physical activity as an additional aid to quit. After quit day, participants were randomly allocated to an intervention (n=25) or to a comparison (n=19) group. Participants in the intervention group were provided with the PhoS app and training on how to use it to assist with relapse prevention. Participants in the comparison condition were provided with generalized relapse prevention training. Results: Some participants reported that the PhoS app was useful in assisting them to successfully manage their cigarette cravings, although compliance across the sample was modest and participants reported low levels of usability. Participants receiving the PhoS app did not report greater abstinence than those who did not receive the app. However, participants receiving the app were more likely to report greater abstinence if they did not use pharmacological support, while those who did not receive the app reported greater abstinence when using pharmacological support. Participants receiving the app reported greater levels of physical activity than those who did not. Results revealed that the app resulted in better retention. Conclusions: The PhoS app showed some potential to reduce abstinence among participants not using pharmacological therapy and to increase physical activity. However, problems with usability and lack of effects on abstinence raise questions over the app’s long-term effectiveness. Future research should prioritize further development of the app to maximize usability and test effects of the intervention independent of quit-smoking programs.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome74en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue5en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJMIR mHealth and uHealthen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systemsen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206en_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Care Sciences & Servicesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMedical Informaticsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsbehavior changeen_US
dc.titleAn mHealth app for supporting quitters to manage cigarette cravings with short bouts of physical activity: A randomized pilot feasibility and acceptability studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articlesen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHassandra, M; Lintunen, T; Hagger, MS; Heikkinen, R; Vanhala, M; Kettunen, T, An mHealth app for supporting quitters to manage cigarette cravings with short bouts of physical activity: A randomized pilot feasibility and acceptability study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2017, 5 (5), pp. e74en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-04-17
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2021-11-19T04:29:02Z
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gro.rights.copyright© Mary Hassandra, Taru Lintunen, Martin S Hagger, Risto Heikkinen, Mauno Vanhala, Tarja Kettunen. Originally published in JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 26.05.2017. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.en_US
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