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Date Submitted: Apr 21, 2026
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 22, 2026 - Jun 17, 2026
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Development And Feature Analysis of YenQuit App: A Smoking Cessation Tool Amongst Health Care Professional Students: Protocol for a cross-sectional study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Health care professional students represent as important target group for tobacco control interventions, as the behaviour established during their training years may influence both their future personal health practice and also their role in cessation counselling to patients. In recent years, mobile health (mHealth) has emerged as promising tool in tobacco cessation by providing accessible, personalized support, progress tracking and real time interventions. However, there is limited evidence on the specific design, personalized support. The Yenquit Application was developed based on 5As and 5Rs to address this gap by integrating user engagement feature aim to facilitate tobacco cessation.
Objective:
The objective of this study is to develop the YenQuit mobile/web-based application and aims to evaluate its features, effectiveness in promoting smoking cessation, and user engagement and experience among healthcare professional students.
Methods:
This study is a cross-sectional study. A total of 97 health care professional students that meet the inclusion criteria will have access to application, where they will fill the baseline questionnaire followed by Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Usage of application is monitored and end of 30 days of on boarding, the participants will fill the feedback on the effectiveness of the application.
Results:
: Enrollment started in March 2026. It is estimated that the enrollment period will be 12 months. Data collection is planned to be completed in 2027
Conclusions:
The Yenquit mobile application is been developed as a user -friendly, evidence-based digital tool to support smoking cessation among health care professional students. By integrating behavioral counselling approach such as the 5As and 5Rs models, the application has the potential to enhance accessibility to cessation support in academic health settings. Further evaluation will provide insights into its effectiveness, user engagement, and acceptability as a mobile-based cessation intervention Clinical Trial: Trial Acknowledgement Number is: REF/2026/03/127126
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