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Use of the Therapy App Prescinde for Increasing Adherence to Smoking Cessation Treatment
Tobacco use poses major health risks and is a major contributor to causes of death worldwide.
Mobile phone-based cessation apps for this substance are gaining popularity, often used as a
component of traditional interventions. This study aimed to analyze adherence to an intervention
using a mobile phone application (App-therapy Prescinde (v1)) as a function of sociodemographic
variables (age, gender, educational level, and profession) as well as the primary activities supported
by the app (reducing tobacco or cannabis use and increasing physical exercise). The participants were
recruited through the web pages of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service and the Psychology
Clinic of the University of Granada during the COVID-19 confinement period. The application’s
contents include three components (self-report, motivational phrases, and goal setting). Our findings
indicate that being male, being aged between 26 and 62, having a high school education, and being
unemployed increase the likelihood of adherence to the Prescinde therapy app three months after
usage. Our findings highlight the importance of developing new therapeutic approaches and conducting
in-depth studies on the factors associated with adherence to tobacco cessation and cannabis
cessation treatments via mobile phone applications.The study was conducted according to the guidelines of
the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics Committee of University of Granada
(568/CEIH/2018)