Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs: a randomized controlled trial study protocol

Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs: a randomized controlled trial study protocol

BACKGROUND Reducing smoking prevalence is a public health priority that can save more lives and money than almost any other known preventive intervention. Internet interventions have the potential for enormous public health impact given their broad reach and effectiveness. However, most users engage only minimally with even the best designed websites, diminishing their impact due to an insuffic...

Author's response to reviews Title: Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs: a randomized controlled trial study protocol Authors:

Web-based smoking cessation intervention that transitions from inpatient to outpatient: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND E-health tools are a new mechanism to expand patient care, allowing supplemental resources to usual care, including enhanced patient-provider communication. These applications to smoking cessation have yet to be tested in a hospitalized patient sample. This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a tailored web-based and e-message smoking cessation progra...

A randomized controlled trial of smartphone-based mindfulness training for smoking cessation: a study protocol

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is responsible for the death of about 1 in 10 individuals worldwide. Mindfulness training has shown preliminary efficacy as a behavioral treatment for smoking cessation. Recent advances in mobile health suggest advantages to smartphone-based smoking cessation treatment including smartphone-based mindfulness training. This study evaluates the efficacy of a smartphone app-b...

Tailored approach to sleep health education (TASHE): study protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans (hereafter referred to as blacks). Moreover, blacks may underutilize sleep services including overnight polysomnography. Thus, OSA among blacks may go undiagnosed and untreated, which has significant health consequences, including hypertension, diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dayti...