The goal of this randomized study is to assess if a conversational agent (or chatbot) that the investigators have developed to help with quitting smoking is acceptable to people trying to quit smoking and to also collect initial information regarding its effectiveness. In this study, some participants trying to quit smoking will be provided with this chatbot while other participants will not be
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
a chatbot will alert during predicted high risk smoking times and suggest approaches to manage potential smoking triggers
no chatbot is provided
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Feasibility of trial procedures
The proportion of enrolled participants who download the study app
Time frame: 1 day
Feasibility of study procedures
The proportion of participants (among those who downloaded the app) who complete the week 2 post-quit visit
Time frame: 2 weeks
Health Information Technology Usability Evaluation Scale (Health-ITUES)
This scale will be used to access the acceptability of study app. The scale consists of 20 questions scored from 1 to 5 with higher values indicating more positive response
Time frame: 2 weeks
Average number of daily interactions with the study app
Time frame: 2 weeks
The average number of cigarettes smoked per day
Time frame: 2 weeks
Average number of nicotine lozenges used
Time frame: 2 weeks
The proportion of participants who complete the week 8 post-quit visit
Time frame: 8 weeks
The proportion of participants not smoking for the 7 day period before the week 2 visit
Time frame: 2 weeks
The proportion of participants not smoking for the 7 day period before the week 8 visits
Time frame: 8 weeks
The proportion of participants not smoking at all between the quit date and the week 2 visit
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Time frame: 2 weeks
The proportion of participants not smoking at all between the quit date and the week 8 visit
Time frame: 8 weeks
Motivation to quit smoking
Using a 1 - 10 scale on the contemplation to quit ladder (1 - no interest in quitting; 10 - will never smoke again)
Time frame: 2 weeks
Brief Questionnaire of Smoking Urges (QSU-Brief)
Questionnaire assessing craving severity. Range for total score is 10 - 70 with higher score indicating greater craving
Time frame: 2 weeks
The Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS)
Questionnaire assessing withdrawal symptom severity. Range for total score is 0 - 36 with higher score indicating greater withdrawal symptoms
Time frame: 2 weeks