Evaluación de la efectividad de un programa de deshabituación tabáquica basado en la utilización de tecnología 2.0 llevado a cabo en el Centro de Salud de Tapia de Casariego (Principado de Asturias).

Abstract

Introduction: tobacco epidemic is one of the major threats for public health that the world has ever faced.

Hypotesis: a program to cope with the problems produced by tobacco addiction which is carried out in primary attention in which; the blog together with some individualised recommendations are employed through the help of the e-mail it will be effective so as to reduce rhe percentage of smokers. Main objective: the main objective is to reduce the amount of people who consume tobacco among all those smokers who belong to primary attention that take part in a program based on the abandon of tobacco addiction through or by means of a blog in that zone.

Method. Design. Based on an experimental study such as a field work. Location. Primary attention nursery consults in Vegadeo (control group) and Tapia de Casariego (intervention group). Participants. Smokers aged from eighteen to forty-five from both centers who want to take part in it and also who have got Internet at home. Intervention group: it will participate in the Blog (intensive program whith individualised materials devoted to give up smoking, it will be completely on line). It will be composed by seven sessions in a decreasing frequency, four of them based on maintenance after giving up that habit. Main measurements. Variable, sociodemographic, behaviourial related to tobacco comsumption and some other drugs, clinic from the patient.

Conclusion. The study will help to define the effectiveness of Web 2.0 in the abandom of tobacco consumption.