Year: 2025
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Mobile applications (apps) have emerged as promising tools for smoking cessation, though limited research has explored how these apps work. This study employed a realist evaluation approach to develop programme theories that explain how, why and under which circumstances smoking cessation apps work. Initial programme theories (IPTs) were formulated and tested and subsequently refined. The refined programme theories can be useful resources for app developers to design smoking cessation apps that better meet user needs in their pursuit to quit smoking.
DOI: 10.3233/shti250528
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410447252