Table 1.
All (N=98)a | iPhone (n=47) | Android (n=51) | |
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Average Adherence Score (SD) | 12.9 (6.8) | 14.2 (8.2) | 11.7 (5.1) |
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Average Price, $ (SD) | 1.30 (4.29) | 2.46 (5.90) | 0.23 (0.91)* |
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Average User Rating (SD) | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.2 (1.0) | 3.7 (0.8)* |
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Type of App | |||
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Calculator | 38.8 (38) | 34.0 (16) | 43.1 (22) |
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Hypnosis | 17.3 (17)a | 25.5 (12) | 9.8 (5) |
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Rationing | 15.3 (15) | 17.0 (8) | 13.7 (7) |
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Tracker | 12.2 (12) | 10.6 (5) | 13.7 (7) |
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Informational | 6.1 (6) | 6.4 (3) | 5.9 (3) |
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Game | 3.1 (3) | 2.1 (1) | 3.9 (2) |
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Lung Health Tester | 2.0 (2) | 2.1 (1) | 2.0 (1) |
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Other | 5.1 (5) | 2.1 (1) | 7.8 (4) |
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Total Downloads | |||
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1,000–5,000 | n/a | n/a | 43.1 (22)b |
5,000–10,000 | 21.6 (11) | ||
10,000–50,000 | 19.6 (10) | ||
50,000–100,000 | 7.8 (4) | ||
100,000–500,000 | 7.8 (4) | ||
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Adherence to guidelinec | |||
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Specific to smoking | 94.9 (96) | 97.9 (46) | 98.0 (50) |
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Interactive | 71.4 (70) | 63.8 (30) | 78.4 (40) |
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Advise every user to quit: personalized | 67.3 (66) | 59.6 (28) | 74.5 (38) |
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Ask for tobacco use status | 65.3 (64) | 53.2 (25) | 78 (39) |
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Enhance motivation: rewards | 50.0 (48) | 48.9 (23) | 49.0 (25) |
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Assess willingness to quit | 39.8 (39) | 42.6 (20) | 37.3 (19) |
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Enhance motivation: risks | 31.6 (31) | 36.2 (17) | 27.5 (14) |
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Advise every user to quit | 23.5 (23) | 34.0 (16) | 13.7 (7) |
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Advise every user to quit: clear | 23.5 (23) | 27.7 (13) | 19.6 (10) |
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Advise every user to quit: strong | 23.5 (23) | 25.5 (12) | 21.6 (11) |
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Assist with a quit plan: overall | 20.4 (20) | 29.8 (14) | 11.8 (6) |
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Assist with a quit plan: practical counseling | 19.4 (19) | 29.8 (14) | 9.8 (5) |
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Assist with a quit plan: intra-treatment social support | 17.3 (17) | 17.0 (8) | 17.6 (9) |
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Enhance motivation: roadblocks | 15.3 (15) | 21.3 (10) | 9.8 (5) |
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Text Alerts | 12.2 (12) | 12.8 (6) | 11.8 (6) |
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Recommend counseling and medicines | 5.1 (5) | 10.6 (5) | 0 (0) |
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Assist with a quit plan: recommend approved medicines | 4.1 (4) | 8.5 (4) | 0 (0) |
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Refer to recommended treatment | 4.1 (4) | 8.5 (4) | 0 (0) |
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Assist with a quit plan: supplementary information | 2.0 (2) | 2.1 (1) | 2.0 (1) |
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Arrange for follow-up | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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Connect to a quitline | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Note: Boldface indicates significance.
Two hypnosis apps were present on both the iPhone and Android operating systems.
Downloads are reported for the period between November 27, 2011 and February 11, 2012.
Adherence is defined as a score of ≥1.5.
p<0.01 for comparison between Android and iPhone
n/a, not applicable