Message Testing in Older Adult Smokers

Message Testing in Older Adult Smokers (MCAS-2)

This study is examining different messages to motivate older smokers to quit smoking. Participants will be current smokers, between the ages of 50-80 years old, who do not have a history of cognitive impairment or dementia. Participants can expect to take part in a one-time 30 minute online survey.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking; Smoking Cessation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Flyer and video

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 820
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705
      • University of Wisconsin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Current smoker (smoking at least some days per week)
• Ability to read and write English
• Between the ages of 50 and 80 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of Mild Cognitive Impairment or dementia

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Hope message; Participants will view a hope-based video message and flyer.	Behavioral: Flyer and video; Participants will view a flyer and video
Active Comparator: Fear message; Participants will view a fear-based video message and flyer.	Behavioral: Flyer and video; Participants will view a flyer and video
Placebo Comparator: Control message; Participants will view a water advertisement video and flyer.	Behavioral: Flyer and video; Participants will view a flyer and video

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emotional Response	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response). Emotionality will be presented together summarizing the mean presentation of these emotions by the different groups.	Through study completion, approximately 30 minutes
Motivation to Quit	Measure participants' motivation to quit after viewing the flyer and video, using a 1 item scaled measurement of motivation to quit (1-7 scale, 7 indicating higher motivation).	Through study completion, approximately 30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA); Centiment LLC
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Adrienne Johnson, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 12, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 18, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): July 18, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 20, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): July 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 31, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022-0624 (Other Identifier: UW Madison); A534253 (Other Identifier: UW- Madison); SMPH/MEDICINE/GEN INT MD (Other Identifier: UW Madison); 1K23AG067929-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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