A randomized controlled trial of a novel smoking cessation smartphone app integrated with a mobile CO checker

Program contentsThe program consisted of lectures and exercises to "provide information on the harm of active smoking and passive smoking" and "smoking cessation support, including counseling skills."One program covered five hours.Evaluation method A questionnaire survey was administered before and after the program.Main survey items: Before the program, basic attributes, number of working years in nursing, number of working years in smoking cessation, smoking cessation status, learning status of smoking cessation, confidence, and importance of smoking cessation, etc.After the workshop, impressions of the workshop, including degree of satisfaction and learning in the workshop, confidence, and importance of smoking cessation support, etc.This study was approved by the ethics committee of the organization. ResultsNumber of participants (collected number of surveys): Kyoto Prefecture (twice, in total), 77 (71); Yamagata Prefecture 88 (84); Tochigi Prefecture, 42 (42); Okinawa Prefecture, 85 (77); and Osaka Prefecture, 78 (78).Total, 370 (352).The survey recovery rate was 95.1% Mean age: 43 .8± 10.5 years Female: 93.1% Rate of professional nursing in smoking cessation support: 53.6%.Conclusions About half of participants in this training were not involved in smoking cessation professionally, and there was found to be a need among a wide range of nurses.