Testing Methods of Self-persuasion Involving Cigarette Smoking

September 25, 2014 updated by: Duke University
Smokers who are not actively engaged in quitting will participate in a study using self-generated text and audio text messages containing reasons to quit smoking.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants must have a smartphone that can accept text messages from an email address and link to a study related website to hear audio recordings, and be willing to receive a text message each weekday for two weeks between 8-9am as part of the study. After completing a phone screener, participants will complete a baseline phone survey. Within two weeks of the baseline survey, participants will come to an in-person session. At that time they will be randomized with equal probability to one of two conditions: 1) Motivational Interviewing (MI), or 2) tailored feedback on reasons for quitting. After undergoing MI or receiving tailored feedback, participants will be asked to generate message that they feel would motivate them to quit. These messages will be both text and audio. After generating and reviewing these messages, participants will then evaluate these messages before ending the laboratory session. Starting two days after their laboratory session, between 8:00am and 9:00am, staff will send participants one of the self-generated text messages with a link to also hear the message; this process will last for two weeks. Within a week of stopping sending messages, participants will be asked to complete a final phone survey to elicit smoking behaviors and provided feedback on the messaging.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

48

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years old or older
  • not actively engaged in trying to quit smoking
  • must have smoked 100 cigarettes to date
  • must smoke at least 1 cigarette per day
  • must own smartphone capable of receiving messages from study email
  • must agree to receive text messages between 8-9am each weekday for 2 weeks

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Motivational Interviewing
Subjects will engage in motivational interviewing and come up with messages to motivate quitting during the activity.
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing
Subjects will engage in motivational interviewing in order to generate motivating messages related to quitting smoking.
Active Comparator: Tailored Feedback
Subjects will use reasons for quitting that they provided during the phone baseline for the text messages and audio recordings.
Behavioral: Tailored Feedback
Subjects will self-generate reasons they want to quit smoking during the baseline survey and record these reasons during the in-person activity.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of messages generated during in-person visit
Time Frame: one hour
one hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quality of messages
Time Frame: before and after completion of the trial, approximately 3 weeks
Smokers' evaluation of message (e.g., persuasiveness, accuracy/credibility, ease of generating messages).
before and after completion of the trial, approximately 3 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Duke University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 19, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 20, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

February 24, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 26, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2014

Last Verified

September 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro00048251

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