You Don't Need an App—Conducting Mobile Smoking Research Using a Qualtrics-Based Approach

Cui, Yong and Robinson, Jason D. and Rymer, Rudel E. and Minnix, Jennifer A. and Cinciripini, Paul M. (2022) You Don't Need an App—Conducting Mobile Smoking Research Using a Qualtrics-Based Approach. Frontiers in Digital Health, 3. ISSN 2673-253X

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Abstract

With the increasing availability of smartphones, many tobacco researchers are exploring smartphone-delivered mobile smoking interventions as a disseminable means of treatment. Most effort has been focused on the development of smartphone applications (apps) to conduct mobile smoking research to implement and validate these interventions. However, developing project-specific smartphone apps that work across multiple mobile platforms (e.g., iOS and Android) can be costly and time-consuming. Here, using a hypothetical study, we present an alternate approach to demonstrate how mobile smoking cessation and outcome evaluation can be conducted without the need of a dedicated app. Our approach uses the Qualtrics platform, a popular online survey host that is used under license by many academic institutions. This platform allows researchers to conduct device-agnostic screening, consenting, and administration of questionnaires through Qualtrics's native survey engine. Researchers can also collect ecological momentary assessment data using text messaging prompts with the incorporation of Amazon Web Services' Pinpoint. Besides these assessment capabilities, Qualtrics has the potential for delivering personalized behavioral interventions through the use of JavaScript code. By customizing the question's web elements in Qualtrics (e.g., using texts, images, videos, and buttons), researchers can integrate interactive web-based interventions and complicated behavioral and cognitive tasks into the survey. In conclusion, this Qualtrics-based methodology represents a novel and cost-effective approach for conducting mobile smoking cessation and assessment research.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: European Scholar > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2023 12:15
Last Modified: 22 May 2024 08:28
URI: http://article.publish4promo.com/id/eprint/1084

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