This is a 2-group RCT in 380 tobacco-using medical patients that will compare a single session, computer-directed 5 A's intervention for smoking (experimental condition) to screening and resource provision (control condition). Follow-up visits will occur at 1 and 3 months post study enrollment. Measures will focus on tobacco use and related psychosocial outcomes (e.g. mood, stress). We will compare resources used and economic costs needed to implement each intervention. The Investigators hypothesize that patients receiving the computer-directed intervention will have significantly higher tobacco abstinence rates at 3 months post study enrollment compared to the control group. If indeed the computerized intervention increases tobacco abstinence rates compared to the control group, this intervention could be used to increase access to treatment for the millions of US smokers, ultimately reducing tobacco mortality and morbidity rates in this country.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
8
Computer-directed 5 A's intervention for smoking
Screening and resource provision
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Tobacco use
The primary outcome variable for this study will be smoking cessation at 3 month follow-up as measured by self-report, salivary cotinine and carbon monoxide levels.
Time frame: 3 months post-randomization
Mood and stress
By using the K-10 Instrument
Time frame: 3 months post-randomization
Resource utilization and economic costs
Time frame: 3 months post-randomization
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