Program, device, system and method for patient who is attempting to quit smoking

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program designed to be used for a patient attempting to quit smoking. The program causes a computer to execute: receiving report information input by the patient and indicative of the presence or absence of smoking by the patient; receiving a biomarker concentration measurement value measured from a biological sample of the patient by a biomarker concentration meter for measuring a biomarker concentration indicative of a smoking state; based on the received biomarker concentration measurement value and a biomarker concentration reference value, determining consistency between the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information; based on a result of the consistency determination, generating smoking cessation therapy information for smoking cessation therapy to be performed for the patient; and transmitting the generated smoking cessation therapy information to a patient-side device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program designed to be used for a patient who is attempting to quit smoking, wherein the program causes a computer to execute:
 a step of receiving report information input by the patient and indicative of the presence or absence of smoking by the patient;   a step of receiving a biomarker concentration measurement value measured from a biological sample of the patient by a biomarker concentration meter for measuring a biomarker concentration indicative of a smoking state;   a consistency determination step of, based on the received biomarker concentration measurement value and a biomarker concentration reference value, determining consistency between the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information;   a step of, based on a result of the consistency determination, generating smoking cessation therapy information for smoking cessation therapy to be performed for the patient; and   a step of transmitting the generated smoking cessation therapy information to a patient-side device.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the program causes the computer to further execute a step of receiving a time stamp indicative of a clock time of the measurement of the biomarker concentration measurement value, and   the measurement clock time is determined by the biomarker concentration meter or by a device for transmitting the biomarker concentration measurement value.   
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the report information indicative of the presence or absence of smoking by the patient includes the number of cigarettes smoked and a smoking timing, and   the consistency determination step includes the substeps of:
 based on the number of cigarettes smoked, the smoking timing and an attenuation function of the biomarker concentration, setting an upper limit value of the biomarker concentration, as the biomarker concentration reference value; 
 comparing the biomarker concentration measurement value with the upper limit value of the biomarker concentration; and 
 when the biomarker concentration measurement value is greater than the upper limit value of the biomarker concentration, determining that the report information and the biomarker concentration measurement value are inconsistent with each other. 
   
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to  claim 3 , wherein the consistency determination step further includes the substeps of:
 based on the number of cigarettes smoked, the smoking timing and the attenuation function of the biomarker concentration, setting a lower limit value of the biomarker concentration, as the biomarker concentration reference value;   comparing the biomarker concentration measurement value with the lower limit value of the biomarker concentration;   when the biomarker concentration measurement value is greater than the upper limit value of the biomarker concentration, determining that the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information are inconsistent with each other, due to underreporting; and   when the biomarker concentration measurement value is equal to or greater than the lower limit value of the biomarker concentration, determining that the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information are inconsistent with each other, due to overreporting.   
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the biological sample is exhaled breath, and the biomarker is carbon monoxide (CO), and the biomarker concentration meter is a CO concentration meter. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the biological sample is saliva, and the biomarker is nicotine, and the biomarker concentration meter is a nicotine concentration meter. 
     
     
         7 . A system comprising one or more computers used for a patient who is attempting to quit smoking, wherein the one or more computers execute:
 accepting an input of report information by the patient, the report information being indicative of the presence or absence of smoking by the patient;   measuring a biomarker concentration indicative of a smoking state, from a biological sample of the patient;   based on the biomarker concentration measurement value and a biomarker concentration reference value, determining consistency between the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information;   based on a result of the consistency determination, generating smoking cessation therapy information indicative of smoking cessation therapy to be performed for the patient; and   based on the smoking cessation therapy information, presenting information for the smoking cessation therapy, to the patient.   
     
     
         8 . A method performed with one or more computers used for a patient who is attempting to quit smoking, the method comprising:
 a step of accepting an input of report information by the patient, the report information being indicative of the presence or absence of smoking by the patient;   a step of measuring a biomarker concentration indicative of a smoking state, from a biological sample of the patient;   an inconsistency determination step of, based on the biomarker concentration measurement value and a biomarker concentration reference value, determining consistency between the biomarker concentration measurement value and the report information;   a step of, based on a result of the consistency determination, generating smoking cessation therapy information indicative of smoking cessation therapy to be performed for the patient; and   a step of, based on the smoking cessation therapy information, presenting information for the smoking cessation therapy, to the patient.