Nuevas tecnologías en el tratamiento del tabaquismo

Abstract

mHealth, refers to the use of mobile devices as a telemedicine tool, ideal for promotion, prevention and control of diseases. In Chile, 84.1% of the population has access to the Internet and 80% of accesses are through of mobile devices, this makes the internet and mobile telephony particularly attractive tools for health interventions. Studies involving interventions through text messages to support smoking cessation are not directly extrapolated to our country since most of them come from developed and English-speaking countries, which is why it is necessary to develop and evaluate appropriate interventions for our population.