A Focus Group Study to Explore Smoking Triggers and Acceptability of Just-in-time Adaptive Intervent

A Focus Group Study to Explore Smoking Triggers and Acceptability of Just-in-time Adaptive Interventions (JITAI) for Smoking Cessation Among Low-income Smokers

This research intends to identify common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking; understand useful and effective strategies for smoking cessation; and explore the feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone-based interventions among low-income smokers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking Behaviors
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Focus Group

Detailed Description

This research intends to identify common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking; understand useful and effective strategies for smoking cessation; and explore the feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone-based interventions among low-income smokers.

Specific research questions of this research project are:

1. What are the common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking for low-income smokers?
2. What are the preferred and useful smoking cessation strategies based on low-income smokers quitting experience?
3. What is the feasibility and acceptability of using a) text messages, b) virtual reality programs, and c) just-in-time adaptive smoking cessation interventions among low-income smokers?

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Colorado
    • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
      • Colorado Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

We will recruit low-income current smokers

Description

Inclusion criteria:

1. between 18 and 89 years old
2. current smokers
3. reside in Denver Metropolitan Area
4. have a personal cell phone
5. have a household income at or lower than 200% of the federal poverty level; and
6. ability to read and speak English or Spanish (since a large proportion of the low-SES population in Denver are Spanish speakers).

Exclusion criteria:

1. Unable to provide informed consent;
2. age ≥ 89 years;
3. unable to speak or understand English, or Spanish.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Low-income smokers; Interested participants will first complete a screening survey asking about their demographic information and checking whether are eligible for this study. If eligible, participants will read a consent statement. Only those who give consent would be allowed to proceed. If participants agree to be in this study, they will continue to participate in the study and schedule a time for focus group discussion.

Behavioral: Focus Group; Each focus group will consist of 5-10 participants. They will first introduce to each other and be asked to keep information shared during the session private. The moderator will initiate some questions for the group to discuss. Prompt and follow-up questions will be asked. There is no right or wrong answer for each question and no sensitive questions will be asked. The conversations during the focus group discussion will be recorded. The group will be debriefed about the purpose of the study and have a chance to ask any questions about the study if they have. The focus group discussion for each session will last about 60-90 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Use focus group discussion to identify barriers faced by low-income smokers	This study intends to identify the barriers faced by low-income smokers to obtaining smoking cessation services/support using focus groups of current smokers.	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
• Collaborators: American Cancer Society, Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Shuo Zhou, Colorado Research Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 18, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 31, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 21, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 28, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 9, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 19-2555.cc

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No