Tobacco Pilot Study for Low Income Smokers

Pilot study to test feasibility of delivering a motivational smoking cessation intervention to low income smokers via a computer tablet.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Tobacco Use Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Tablet-guided tobacco intervention

Detailed Description

Twenty Salvation Army clients will be recruited to pilot test a motivational smoking cessation counseling intervention that is delivered via a tablet computer. Study participants will be given brief instructions on how to use the tablet. They will then complete a brief survey on the tablet. This will be followed by the researcher using the tablet to provide the motivational intervention. Finally, study participants will be interviewed to establish this perceptions of the intervention.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53711
      • University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• current smoker (≥ 10 cigarettes/week for the past six months who are not currently trying to quit)
• age ≥ 18 years
• English speaking/writing

Exclusion Criteria:

• not receiving services for the Salvation Army

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: tablet-guided; Study participants will be administered a brief tobacco intervention by a Salvation Army staff person who is guided by a tablet computer	Behavioral: Tablet-guided tobacco intervention; This intervention, as guided by a tablet computer, is a brief (20 minute) counseling intervention designed to increase motivation to quit smoking and to increase knowledge of methods of quitting.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ease of use of tablet-guided tobacco intervention assessed by interview and summarized across study participants	At the end of the intervention, each study participant will be interviewed regarding how easy the tablet computer was to use. This qualitative information will by summarized across all study participants.	Immediately after exposure to intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 18, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 27, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): January 27, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 9, 2017
• First Posted (Estimate): January 11, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 26, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2019
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Tobacco Use Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2016-1442; A534252 (Other Identifier: UW Madison); 1R35CA197573-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); SMPH\MEDICINE\TOBACCO RE (Other Identifier: UW Madison)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No