Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable mortality. The use of mobile phones has grown exponentially, becoming a powerful tool to be used in health care. Methods In order to assess the effectiveness of mobile phones to quit smoking, we have carried out a systematic review and meta-a...
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doaj-3eb33e2912ed42f6af821904641647d32021-01-11T10:20:53ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Prevention and Cessation2459-30872020-11-016November11110.18332/tpc/127770127770Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysisRaquel Cobos-Campos0Arantza Sáez de Lafuente1Antxon Apiñaniz2Naiara Parraza3Iraida Pérez Llanos4Gorka Orive5Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health research group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainBioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health research group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainBioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health research group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainBioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health research group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainBioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health research group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SpainSchool of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria- Gasteiz, SpainIntroduction Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable mortality. The use of mobile phones has grown exponentially, becoming a powerful tool to be used in health care. Methods In order to assess the effectiveness of mobile phones to quit smoking, we have carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials evaluating interventions based on mobile applications for smartphones, that were not a smaller version of the same application, against other types of therapy. To address this, a bibliographic search was carried out in MEDLINE, EMBASE and COCHRANE LIBRARY. To obtain the combined effect, the relative risk and the 95% confidence interval were used. A heterogeneity and sensitivity analysis were also conducted. Results A total of nine studies were identified, but five were excluded. Qualitative review was performed with four selected studies, but quantitative analysis was carried out for only three, given the impossibility of calculating the RR in one of the studies. After combining the results, an RR of 0.871 (95% CI: 0.543–1.397) was calculated comparing the effectiveness of mobile applications versus others type of interventions. This measure was robust, as shown by the sensitivity analysis. Conclusions According to the results, it cannot be concluded that apps are effective for quitting tobacco. There are very few clinical trials published evaluating the effectiveness of mobile applications compared to other alternatives. Several clinical trials are still in progress, therefore their results have not been included in the present meta-analysis.http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/EFFECTIVENESS-OF-MOBILE-APPLICATIONS-FOR-QUITTING-SMOKING-SYSTEMATIC-REVIEW-AND-META,127770,0,2.htmlsmoking cessationmobile applications mesh unique id: d063731telemedicine mesh unique id: d017216 |
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Raquel Cobos-Campos Arantza Sáez de Lafuente Antxon Apiñaniz Naiara Parraza Iraida Pérez Llanos Gorka Orive Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis Tobacco Prevention and Cessation smoking cessation mobile applications mesh unique id: d063731 telemedicine mesh unique id: d017216 |
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Raquel Cobos-Campos Arantza Sáez de Lafuente Antxon Apiñaniz Naiara Parraza Iraida Pérez Llanos Gorka Orive |
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Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: Systematic review and meta-analysis |
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effectiveness of mobile applications to quit smoking: systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation |
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Introduction
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable mortality.
The use of mobile phones has grown exponentially, becoming a
powerful tool to be used in health care.
Methods
In order to assess the effectiveness of mobile phones to quit
smoking, we have carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis
of randomized clinical trials evaluating interventions based on mobile
applications for smartphones, that were not a smaller version of the
same application, against other types of therapy. To address this, a
bibliographic search was carried out in MEDLINE, EMBASE and
COCHRANE LIBRARY. To obtain the combined effect, the relative
risk and the 95% confidence interval were used. A heterogeneity and
sensitivity analysis were also conducted.
Results
A total of nine studies were identified, but five were excluded.
Qualitative review was performed with four selected studies, but
quantitative analysis was carried out for only three, given the
impossibility of calculating the RR in one of the studies. After
combining the results, an RR of 0.871 (95% CI: 0.543–1.397) was
calculated comparing the effectiveness of mobile applications versus
others type of interventions. This measure was robust, as shown by
the sensitivity analysis.
Conclusions
According to the results, it cannot be concluded that
apps are effective for quitting tobacco. There are very few clinical
trials published evaluating the effectiveness of mobile applications
compared to other alternatives. Several clinical trials are still in
progress, therefore their results have not been included in the
present meta-analysis. |
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smoking cessation mobile applications mesh unique id: d063731 telemedicine mesh unique id: d017216 |
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