为女性提供性别信息的戒烟应用程序:可接受性和可行性研究的协议
Osnat C Melamed1,2,3,4, Kamna Mehra1, Roshni Panda1
1INTREPID Lab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
JMIR research protocols
|October 21, 2024
概括
这项研究测试了一款新的智能手机应用程序,My Change Plan-Women (MCP-W),旨在通过解决女性独特需求来帮助女性戒烟. 结果将决定性别信息化应用程序是否对女性吸烟者来说是可以接受和可行的.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 烟草吸烟是女性的主要可预防的死亡原因,由于独特的障碍,女性的戒烟率低于男性.
- 现有的戒烟应用程序是性别中立的,并没有解决妇女的具体需求,动机或挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估新型智能手机应用程序My Change Plan-Women (MCP-W) 的可接受性和可行性,该应用程序旨在为女性吸烟者设计性别知情内容.
- 评估女性是否认为MCP-W应用程序是他们戒烟过程中有用的工具.
主要方法:
- 共同开发MCP-W应用程序,将性别中立的行为改变技术与针对性别的内容 (证词,视频) 整合在一起,解决女性的障碍.
- 一个为期28天的前性,单组,混合方法试验,涉及30名使用该应用程序的女性吸烟者.
- 通过应用程序使用时间的可接受性和可行性的理论框架来评估可接受性,并补充了半结构化访谈.
主要成果:
- 该MCP-W应用程序已开发并于2023年9月完成.
- 参与者招募为期28天的试验发生在2024年2月至7月.
- 数据分析正在等待数据收集完成;结果预计到2025年中期.
结论:
- 一个以性别为导向的智能手机应用程序为女性提供了戒烟支持的新方法.
- 这项研究将提供关键的见解,了解女性吸烟者对MCP-W应用程序的可接受性和可行性.
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