Mobile Phone-Based Smoking-Cessation Intervention for Smoking Parents

Effectiveness of AI-powered Mobile Phone-based Interventions in Parental Smoking Cessation

This study aims to explore the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a mobile phone-based intervention tailored specifically for smoking parents.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: 5A's/5R's advice; Other: Health warning leaflet; Behavioral: AI-powered chatbot support

Detailed Description

Parental smoking is associated with numerous adverse outcomes, including exposure to secondhand smoke, heightened risk of respiratory illnesses in children, and an increased likelihood that children will adopt smoking behaviors themselves. Despite awareness of these risks, many parents find it challenging to quit smoking due to stress, lack of support, and time constraints.

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigates the effectiveness of a mobile phone-based intervention tailored specifically for smoking parents. The intervention group will receive AI-powered chatbot cessation support, while the control group will be provided with brief cessation advice. The study aims to determine whether the AI-driven intervention is more effective in helping parents quit smoking compared to traditional brief advice.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 300
• 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
      • Beijing Normal University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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. have a smartphone and a WeChat account, 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: AI chatbot support group; AI-powered chatbot support+ 5A's/5R's advice + health warning leaflet	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: Health warning leaflet; The health warning leaflet provides essential information on the dangers of secondhand and thirdhand smoke. It outlines how exposure to these forms of smoke can harm both smokers and non-smokers, particularly children, by increasing the risk of respiratory illnesses and other health issues.; Behavioral: AI-powered chatbot support; Participants will receive three months of AI-powered chatbot, equipped with personalized interactions and real-time support, via WeChat.
Active Comparator: Control group; 5A's/5R's advice + health warning leaflet	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: Health warning leaflet; The health warning leaflet provides essential information on the dangers of secondhand and thirdhand smoke. It outlines how exposure to these forms of smoke can harm both smokers and non-smokers, particularly children, by increasing the risk of respiratory illnesses and other health issues.

What is the study measuring?

Primary 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
Eligibility rate	the percentage of eligible smokers out of the total number of smokers screened	baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Consent rate	the percentage of eligible smokers who agree to participate out of the total number of eligible smokers	baseline
Percentage of Participant Engagement with E-Messages and Counselor Chats	This outcome measures the percentage of participants who engage with the intervention by reading e-messages and responding to counselor chat messages at least once during the 3-month follow-up period.	3 months follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Beijing Normal University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 20, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 16, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 22, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): August 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 26, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 22, 2024
• Last Verified: August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: mCessation in smoking parents

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