text2quit (USA)

Description:

text2quit offers support to individuals trying to quit smoking via a system of interactive, personalised text-messages. During registration you provide personal details relating to your reasons for quitting smoking, money you will save through quitting, your social support, triggers for smoking and your use of smoking medications. You then receive tailored text messages, before and after your quit date, aimed at improving self-efficacy for quitting, describing outcome expectations, increasing perceived social support, modelling effective quitting strategies and coping skills. You are also prompted to interact with the program by sending text messages. Additionally, the program includes an accompanying website with information and resources for quitting smoking and you also receive emails which reiterate and expand on ideas included in the more regular text messages. Access to the program is available for a fee to residents of the USA.

Service URL:

http://www.text2quit.com

Agency Responsible:

The George Washington University and Voxiva Inc..

Mobile Platform:

Other.

Details

Format:

Text/Video Messaging System.

Intervention Type:

Psychological – CBT.

Course Structure:

Structured Course.

Course Length:

Long (more than 5 modules). Text messages, emails and web-based tracking over a 4 month period

Support Option:

Automated only. Personalised text messages and emails

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Smoking.

Target Audience:

Adult. USA residents

Language:

English.

Access

Mobile platforms:

Other:

Multi-platform: registration via the website: https://www.text2quit.com/text2quit/Display/display.aspx?CurrentXsltId=14

Fee:

Fee-based. Although sometimes free trial subscriptions are offered

Access:

Closed: Fee required. You need to register and pay a fee to subscribe to the program. It is only open to residents of the USA

Contact Details:

support@voxiva.com

Research evidence

Research Trials:

0

Research RCTs:

0

Outcome Summary:

An initial pilot study examined the acceptability of the program among an undergraduate cohort - however no research evidence determining its effectiveness in promoting smoking cessation is currently available. A randomised controlled study is planned for the future.

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Research paper citations

Additional reference:
Abroms, L.C. et al (2012) Text2Quit: results from a pilot test of a personalized, interactive mobile health smoking cessation program. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 17 (supp1): 44-53.