Effectiveness of a Conversational Chatbot (Dejal@bot) for the Adult Population to Quit Smoking: Pragmatic, Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial in Primary Care

Eduardo Olano-Espinosa   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Jose Francisco Avila-Tomas   ^{2, 3 *} , MD ;   Cesar Minue-Lorenzo   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Blanca Matilla-Pardo   ^{5 *} , MD ;   María Encarnación Serrano Serrano   ^{6 *} , MD, PhD ;   F Javier Martinez-Suberviola   ^{7 *} , MD, PhD ;   Mario Gil-Conesa   ^{8 *} , MD ;   Isabel Del Cura-González   ^{9, 10 *} , MD, PhD ;   Dejal@ Group   ^{11 *}

¹ Healthcare Center Los Castillos, Madrid Health Service, Alcorcón, Spain

² Healthcare Center Santa Isabel, Madrid Health Service, Leganes, Spain

³ Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Rey Juan Carlos University, Alcorcon, Spain

⁴ Health Care Center Perales del Rio, Madrid Health Service, Getafe, Spain

⁵ Health Care Center Panaderas, Madrid Health Service, Fuenlabrada, Spain

⁶ Healthcare Center Los Fresnos, Madrid Health Service, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain

⁷ Healthcare Center Guayaba, Madrid Health Service, Madrid, Spain

⁸ Preventive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid Health Service, Madrid, Spain

⁹ Research Unit, Primary Care Assistance Management, Madrid Health Service, Madrid, Spain

¹⁰ Research Network on Health Services in Chronic Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

¹¹ See Acknowledgments, Madrid, Spain

*all authors contributed equally