An Interactive Smartphone Application to Motivate Smokers to Quit

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT05799625

Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation382 enrolled

Overview

Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking. The intervention has been designed based by a team of scientist, taking principles of change behaviour into consideration. The application incorporates daily reminders, gamification, and models of habit formation to engage users. It will support participants to reflect on their smoking in a holistic manner through questions and activities.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

382

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Smoking Behaviors

Interventions

StepOne Smartphone ApplicationBEHAVIORAL

This smartphone application provides a 14-day program that delivers the core components of smoking cessation (i.e., counseling, education) and takes advantage of pandemic-accelerated acceptance of virtual care, videoconferencing, remote monitoring, and social networking. The program seeks to move participants from the pre-action stage (not interested in quitting) to the action stage (intention to quit) and incorporates daily reminders, gamification, and models of habit formation to engage users.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older. * Living in Ontario, Canada. * Current smoker who indicates they are not interested in quitting within the next 30-days. * Have access to and regularly use a smartphone with internet access. * Read, write, speaks English or French. * Available and willing to participate in follow-up assessments over the next 6 months. * Able to provide consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Planning on quitting smoking within the next 30-days. * Cognitively impaired or experiencing acute psychiatric illness that would alter their ability to participate. * Institutionalized at a retirement home, nursing home or long-term care facility. * Has morbid illness which will prevent completion of 6-month follow-up (e.g., receiving palliative care). * Participating in another smoking cessation program

Locations (1)

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Self-reported readiness to quit

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 14

Self-reported readiness to quit

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 45

Self-reported readiness to quit

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 195

Having made a quit attempt

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 14

Having made a quit attempt

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 45

Having made a quit attempt

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 195

Rate of smoking cessation

Biochemically verified using an expired carbon monoxide (CO) test

Time frame: Day 45 for participants who report smoking cessation

Rate of smoking cessation

Biochemically verified using an expired carbon monoxide (CO) test

Time frame: Day 195 for participants who report smoking cessation

Secondary Outcomes

Number of participants that made a quit attempt

Collected via survey

Time frame: Day 14, 45, 195

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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