El papel integrador y complementario de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación en el control y tratamiento del tabaquismo

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Resumen

Objetivo

La mayoría de los fumadores quieren dejar de fumar. Un porcentaje importante de ellos lo intentan sin ningún tipo de ayuda profesional, lo que en muchas ocasiones conlleva un elevado número de recaídas. Una de las principales rezones de estos intentos sin tratamiento es la frecuente falta de accesibilidad a los mismos. El objetivo del estudio es revisar las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación y su aplicación en el tratamiento del tabaquismo.

Material y métodos

Se analizan las distintas posibilidades de intervención en el tratamiento del tabaquismo basadas en las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación.

Resultados

El avance de las nuevas tecnologías ha proporcionado un aumento en la investigación y creación de programas de tratamiento del tabaquismo a distancia, mostrándose eficaces tanto los programas de intervención por teléfono como las páginas de internet que ofrecen ayuda para dejar de fumar. Otras tecnologías que están siendo validadas en esta línea son los mensajes de texto de los teléfonos móviles y losblogs o páginas web personales de opinión.

Conclusiones

Las nuevas formas de intervención basadas en las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación proporcionan mayor accesibilidad y flexibilidad en los tratamientos para dejar de fumar.

Palabras clave:

Internet

Adicción

Tabaquismo

Conducta

E-salud

Abstract

Objectives

Most smokers want to quit smoking; An important percentage of them try to quit without any professional help but often these attempts lead to an important number of relapses; One of the main reasons of these attempts without professional help is the lack of accessibility to treatment

Material and methods

The different possibilities of intervention in smoking treatment are analysed based on the new information and communication technologies.

Results

New technologies advance has provided an increase in the research and creation of effective smoking cessation distance programs being as much the programs of intervention by telephone like the pages of Internet that offer help to quit smoking. Other technologies that have been validated in this line are the text messages of the mobile telephones and the blogs or personal opinion internet pages.

Conclusions

New smoking interventions based in new technologies provide greater accessibility and flexibility in the smoking cessation treatments.

Key words:

Internet

Addiction

Tobacco

Behavior

E-health

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