Promoting Smoking Cessation in Campus

Promoting Smoking Cessation in Campus Via Smoking Cessation Contest: a Chatbot-based Smoking Cessation Intervention

This study aims to explore the feasibility, preliminary effectiveness, and implementation outcomes of chatbot-led smoking cessation support in community smokers.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Mobile Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: 5A's/5R's advice; Other: Brief leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation; Other: Self-help smoking cessation booklet; Behavioral: Counselor-led individual support; Behavioral: Chatbot-led group support

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 150
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Xue Weng; Phone Number: 3621259; Email: xueweng@bnu.edu.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Guangdong
    • Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, 519087
      • Recruiting
      • Beijing Normal University
      • Contact: Xue Weng; Email: xueweng@bnu.edu.cn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. aged 18 and above, reside in Zhuhai for the next 6 months;
2. smoke at least 1 cigarette or use e-cigarettes daily;
3. Having a smartphone and a WeChat account, being able to use WeChat skillfully.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Smokers who have communication barrier (either physically or cognitively);
2. Smokers who are currently participating in other SC programmes or services

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; 5A's/5R's advice+ Chatbot-led group support+ Counselor-led individual support+ health warning leaflet+ Self-help booklet	Behavioral: 5A's/5R's advice; 5A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) for smokers who are ready to quit, and 5R's (relevance, risks, rewards, roadblocks, and repetition) for smokers who are not ready to quit.; Other: Brief leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation; The contents of the leaflet include the absolute risk of smoking, diseases caused by active and second-hand smoking, horrible pictorial warnings of the health consequences of active and second-hand smoking, and the benefits of quitting.; Other: Self-help smoking cessation booklet; The contents include information about the benefits of quitting, methods to quit, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, misperceptions of quitting, etc.; Behavioral: Counselor-led individual support; Participants will receive three months of counselor-led individual support via WeChat. The regular messages and instant messaging on psychosocial support aim to provide cessation advice, increase self-efficacy and confidence, and social support and behavioral capacity of quitting.; Behavioral: Chatbot-led group support; Participants will receive three months of chatbot-led group support via WeChat.
Active Comparator: Control group; 5A's/5R's advice+ Chatbot-led group support+ health warning leaflet+ Self-help booklet	Behavioral: 5A's/5R's advice; 5A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) for smokers who are ready to quit, and 5R's (relevance, risks, rewards, roadblocks, and repetition) for smokers who are not ready to quit.; Other: Brief leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation; The contents of the leaflet include the absolute risk of smoking, diseases caused by active and second-hand smoking, horrible pictorial warnings of the health consequences of active and second-hand smoking, and the benefits of quitting.; Other: Self-help smoking cessation booklet; The contents include information about the benefits of quitting, methods to quit, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, misperceptions of quitting, etc.; Behavioral: Chatbot-led group support; Participants will receive three months of chatbot-led group support via WeChat.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Participation rate of eligible smokers	The percentage of eligible smokers who agree to participate in the intervention	Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate	Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Smoking reduction rate	Rate of smoking reduction by at least half of baseline amount in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Biochemical validated quit rate	The primary outcomes are biochemically validated quit rate (exhaled CO < 4 ppm or salivary cotinine < 30 ng/ml) at 3-month in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Engagement in chatbot-led group support and/or counselor-led individual support	Self-reported engagement in chatbot-led/counselor-led support in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Beijing Normal University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 6, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 20, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Smoking Cessation in Campus

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