Gordon Judith S, Armin Julie, D Hingle Melanie, Giacobbi Peter, Cunningham James K, Johnson Thienne, Abbate Kristopher, Howe Carol L, Roe Denise J
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2017 Jun;7(2):172-184. doi: 10.1007/s13142-017-0463-7.
Women face particular challenges when quitting smoking, especially those with weight concerns. A multi-behavioral smoking cessation intervention addressing these concerns and incorporating guided imagery may assist women to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors. An mHealth app can easily disseminate such an intervention. The goals of this pilot study were to develop and test the feasibility and potential of the See Me Smoke-Free mHealth app to address smoking, diet, and physical activity among women smokers. We used pragmatic, direct-to-consumer methods to develop and test program content, functionality, and the user interface and conduct a pre-/post-test, 90-day pilot study. We enrolled 151 participants. Attrition was 52%, leaving 73 participants. At 90 days, 47% of participants reported 7-day abstinence and significant increases in physical activity and fruit consumption. Recruitment methods worked well, but similar to other mHealth studies, we experienced high attrition. This study suggests that a guided imagery mHealth app has the potential to address multiple behaviors. Future research should consider different methods to improve retention and assess efficacy.
女性在戒烟时面临特殊挑战,尤其是那些担心体重的女性。一种解决这些问题并纳入引导式意象的多行为戒烟干预措施可能有助于女性养成健康的生活方式行为。一款移动健康应用程序可以轻松传播这样的干预措施。这项试点研究的目的是开发并测试“见证我无烟”移动健康应用程序在解决女性吸烟者的吸烟、饮食和身体活动问题方面的可行性和潜力。我们采用务实的、直接面向消费者的方法来开发和测试项目内容、功能和用户界面,并进行了一项前测/后测的90天试点研究。我们招募了151名参与者。损耗率为52%,剩下73名参与者。在90天时,47%的参与者报告已戒烟7天,并且身体活动和水果摄入量显著增加。招募方法效果良好,但与其他移动健康研究一样,我们也经历了高损耗率。这项研究表明,一款包含引导式意象的移动健康应用程序有潜力解决多种行为问题。未来的研究应考虑采用不同方法来提高留存率并评估疗效。