Imperial College London
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PROFESSOR AZEEM MAJEED

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Chair - Primary Care and Public Health & Head of Department
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3368a.majeed Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Dorothea Cockerell +44 (0)20 7594 3368

 
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Location

 

Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@unpublished{Webb:2021:10.1101/2021.08.19.21262270,
author = {Webb, J and Peerbux, S and Ang, A and Siddiq, S and Sherwani, Y and Ahmed, M and MacRae, H and Puri, H and Majeed, A and Glasner, S},
doi = {10.1101/2021.08.19.21262270},
publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
title = {Long-term effectiveness of a digital therapeutic intervention for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.19.21262270},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - UNPB
AB  - Introduction: The present study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Quit Genius (QG), an extended digital smoking cessation intervention.Methods: Participants were adult smokers (N=556) recruited between January and November of 2019 via social media and referrals from primary care practices who were given nicotine replacement therapy and randomly assigned to Quit Genius (QG) (n=277), a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) based digital intervention or Very Brief Advice (VBA) (n=279), a face-to-face control intervention. Primary analyses (N=530), by intention-to-treat, compared QG and VBA on biochemically verified continuous 7-day abstinence at 4, 26, and 52 weeks post-quit date. Secondary outcomes included sustained abstinence, quit attempts, self-efficacy and mental well-being.Results: Seven-day point prevalence abstinence from weeks 4 through 52 ranged from 27% to nearly 45% among those who received QG, and from 13% to 29% for those in VBA. Continuous 7-day abstinence at 26 and 52 weeks occurred in 27.2% and 22.6% of QG participants, respectively, relative to 16.6% and 13.2% of VBA participants; QG participants were more likely to remain abstinent than those in VBA (Relative Risk [RR]= 1.71, 95% CI 1.17-2.50; p=0.005).Conclusions: This study provides evidence for the long-term effectiveness of an extended digital therapeutic intervention.Implications The long-term effectiveness of digital smoking cessation interventions has not been well-studied. This study established the long-term effectiveness of an extended CBT-based intervention; results may inform implementation of scalable, cost-effective approaches to smoking cessation in the health system.
AU  - Webb,J
AU  - Peerbux,S
AU  - Ang,A
AU  - Siddiq,S
AU  - Sherwani,Y
AU  - Ahmed,M
AU  - MacRae,H
AU  - Puri,H
AU  - Majeed,A
AU  - Glasner,S
DO  - 10.1101/2021.08.19.21262270
PB  - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PY  - 2021///
TI  - Long-term effectiveness of a digital therapeutic intervention for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.19.21262270
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/92673
ER  -
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