Analyzing the Adherence of a Mobile App in a Smoke-Quitting Program (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Many mobile apps have been made to quit smoking. Many do not have the support of specialists, and often are apps for self-guidance. There is no record of any study looking at the apps' adherence to patient treatments from hospitals, and therefore it is not known for sure if they serve to increase the adherence of treatments. OBJECTIVE Analyzing and evaluating the adherence of using a mobile app (TControl) on a smoking cessation program. METHODS TControl, an app to follow up and assist smoke-free patients. 197 patients to measure the effectiveness of the app for decreasing the number of relapses were analysed. RESULTS Actually, the difference between those using TControl is the number of relapses (7.7%), which is much lower than among those not using it (33.9%), and which could retain considerably more patients on the program than the conventional treatment. CONCLUSIONS TControl increased adherence in a smoke-quitting program. However, no correlation between adherence and success was found.