This study aims to explore the feasibility, preliminary effectiveness, and implementation outcomes of chatbot-led smoking cessation support in community smokers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
150
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.
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.
The contents include information about the benefits of quitting, methods to quit, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, misperceptions of quitting, etc.
Beijing Normal University
Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
RECRUITINGParticipation rate of eligible smokers
the percentage of eligible smokers out of the total number of smokers screened
Time frame: Baseline
Biochemical validated quit rate at 6 months follow-up
The primary outcomes are biochemically validated quit rate (exhaled CO \< 4 ppm or salivary cotinine \< 30 ng/ml)
Time frame: 6 months follow-up
Biochemical validated quit rate at 3 months follow-up
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
Time frame: 3 months follow-up
Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate
Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate in the two groups
Time frame: 3 and 6 months follow-up
Smoking reduction rate
Rate of smoking reduction by at least half of baseline amount in the two groups
Time frame: 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
Time frame: 3 and 6 months follow-up
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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.
Participants will receive three months of chatbot-led group support via WeChat.