The fact that the continuation rate of smoking cessation after one year has improved by using the smartphone app for smoking cessation treatment developed by Keio University, etc. It became clear in the study of.It is said that this is the first large-scale clinical trial in the world to demonstrate the long-term effects of smartphone apps.
According to Keio University, the survey targets 31 smokers who visited 584 non-smoking outpatient clinics nationwide.In addition to standard treatment, the research group divided the group into a group that used a smartphone app for smoking cessation treatment and a group that used an app that did not include a treatment program, and investigated the continuation rate of smoking cessation.
As a result, the smoking cessation rate of the group using the smartphone app for smoking cessation treatment after half a year was 63.9%.It was 50.5 points higher than 13.4% of the group using apps that did not include treatment programs. Even one year later, 1% of the groups used the smoking cessation treatment smartphone app, and 52.3% used the app without the treatment program, demonstrating the effectiveness of the smoking cessation treatment smartphone app.
The smartphone app for smoking cessation treatment developed by Keio University and others was developed in accordance with the standard procedure manual for smoking cessation treatment.Features such as proprietary auto-answer chat, educational video content, and digital smoking cessation diary are included.
Smoking cessation outpatients are covered by insurance for 12 weeks of standard medical care with smoking cessation treatments and counseling.However, it seems that roughly 1% of all examinees were able to continue smoking cessation one year later, and long-term smoking cessation was an issue.
Paper information:[Npj Digital Medicine] A randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation smartphone application with a carbon monoxide checker
