To Vape or Not to Vape

The overall goal of this study is to increase knowledge of vaping and its associated risks. This study will find the patterns of vaping, and how it all started among adolescents. Investigators want to know if students are aware of the serious and long term effects of vaping. This program titled, "To Vape or Not to Vape", will provide education to adolescents and young adults about the potential risk of vaping in an effort to assist with lowering the usage rates within the population. Content will include information about current statistics, potential short-term and long-term side-effects, and healthy alternatives for dealing with stress and peer-pressure. Investigators anticipate that this program will increase this population's knowledge about the risks of vaping products, and deter them from future use of the products. Effectiveness of this program will be measured by pre and post-tests. Investigators believe this program will make at least 50 percent of the participants more aware of the dangers and consequences of vaping, potentially lowering the rates of those participating in this habit while also preventing others from starting.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Vaping
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Vape use survey

Detailed Description

The overall goal of this study is to increase knowledge of vaping and its associated risks. This study will find the patterns of vaping, and how it all started among adolescents. Investigators want to know if students are aware of the serious and long term effects of vaping. This program titled, "To Vape or Not to Vape", will provide education to adolescents and young adults about the potential risk of vaping in an effort to assist with lowering the usage rates within the population. Content will include information about current statistics, potential short-term and long-term side-effects, and healthy alternatives for dealing with stress and peer-pressure. Investigators anticipate that this program will increase this population's knowledge about the risks of vaping products, and deter them from future use of the products. Effectiveness of this program will be measured by pre and post-tests.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 363
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203
      • Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The program's targeted population is starting at the middle school grade levels, up to college.
• Live in the DFW metroplex
• Willing to participate throughout the presentation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 12 years old
• Students that are not in the DFW metroplex

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

Other: Middle, High and College students within the Dallas-Fort Worth area that may Vape; The program will be going to middle school, high school, and college campuses in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area to speak with students about vaping. The program will be implemented by community outreach, as the students will be presented with information about vaping and the resources necessary to prevent or stop vaping.

Behavioral: Vape use survey; pre & post test surveys

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
percentage of vape users	Investigators will obtain the percentage of vape users and their reasons for vaping from information gathered from (per-test questionnaire).	The program will last 5 months between March 2020 and August 2020.
reasons for vaping	Investigators will obtain the percentage of vape users and their reasons for vaping from information gathered from (per-test questionnaire).	The program will last 5 months between March 2020 and August 2020.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Educational Effectiveness	Changes in the degree of understanding will be assessed from the results of the pre and post-test (questionnaire).	The program will last 5 months between March 2020 and August 2020.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Methodist Health System
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Maiya Bangurah, MBA, Methodist Health System Clinical Research Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 13, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 26, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): February 26, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 9, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 3, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 15, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 31, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 24, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 009.ONC.2020.D

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