OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an e-Health tool designed to enhance smoking cessation in Mexico in primary healthcare. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Smokers 18 years of age and older were recruited in the waiting room of two primary healthcare clinics in Mexico City. Participants used an eHealth smoking cessation tool that included smoking-related assessments, education on pharmacotherapy, and motivational videos. A follow-up assessment was conducted at 12 weeks week on smoking status. Logistic regression models were performed to identify factors associated with smoking cessation or consumption reduction. RESULTS: A total of 132 smokers were enrolled in the study. At follow-up, 23.5% of participants self-reported smoking cessation. Among those who did not quit smoking, 65.0% decreased the number of cigarettes. Factors associated significantly with smoking cessation were: being a non-daily smoker, being interested in quitting smoking, having low level of physical dependence, and participating in cessation treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The e-Health tool produced a high rate of smoking cessation. Better outcomes are obtained when this tool is used with conventional cessation programs.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an e-Health tool designed to enhance smoking cessation in Mexico in primary healthcare. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Smokers 18 years of age and older were recruited in the waiting room of two primary healthcare clinics in Mexico City. Participants used an eHealth smoking cessation tool that included smoking-related assessments, education on pharmacotherapy, and motivational videos. A follow-up assessment was conducted at 12 weeks week on smoking status. Logistic regression models were performed to identify factors associated with smoking cessation or consumption reduction. RESULTS: A total of 132 smokers were enrolled in the study. At follow-up, 23.5% of participants self-reported smoking cessation. Among those who did not quit smoking, 65.0% decreased the number of cigarettes. Factors associated significantly with smoking cessation were: being a non-daily smoker, being interested in quitting smoking, having low level of physical dependence, and participating in cessation treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The e-Health tool produced a high rate of smoking cessation. Better outcomes are obtained when this tool is used with conventional cessation programs.
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e-Health; information technologies; primary health care; smoking cessation; telemedicine
Authors: Ana Paula Cupertino; Francisco Cartujano-Barrera; Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati; Taynara Dutra Batista Formagini; Arise Garcia de Siqueira Galil; Eliane Ferreira Carvalho Banhato; Marilda Aparecida Ferreira; Kimber P Richter Journal: BMJ Health Care Inform Date: 2020-01
Authors: Rosibel Rodríguez-Bolaños; Marta Caballero; Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez; Luz María González-Robledo; Francisco Cartujano-Barrera; Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu; Ana Paula Cupertino Journal: Health Psychol Behav Med Date: 2021-06-10