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NCT Number: NCT03815591

Implementation and Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Tobacco Product Use Prevention Videogame Intervention With Adolescents

To examine the effects on participants who play the smokeSCREEN game in that the game will have positive changes in their attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, intentions, behaviors and other outcomes related to smoking and tobacco products.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior Smoking Vaping

Age range

10 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games

New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

About this study

For this project, the CVS Pharmacy Health Foundation has identified after-school, school, and youth programs nationwide with whom to partner. For this project, the play2PREVENT Lab will provide these programs access to the tobacco use reduction/prevention game that the lab has created (smokeSCREEN). Program and school staff will enroll participants between the ages of 10-16 to play smokeSCREEN during their after school, school, and youth program. Before and after gameplay, participants will answer assessment questions related to their attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, intentions, and behaviors around smoking and tobacco product use. The data will be transmitted electronically via the LimeSurvey data collection platform to the Lab, for further analysis. None of the Lab staff will have contact with participants or after-school/school/youth program coordinators or staff.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Anyone with a userID and password.

Exclusion criteria

  • Does not fit the inclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

smokeSCREEN web-based game

Device

smokeSCREEN tobacco use reduction/prevention web-based game. The game has 1.5-2 hours of unique game play and focuses on combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco products. Guided by the social cognitive theory and the theory of planned behavior, smokeSCREEN addresses a range of challenges that teens often face involving peer pressure and the use of tobacco products. Participants are provided access to the smokeSCREEN game through a private, password-protected website link and instructed to complete the game.

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in beliefs

    Time frame: baseline

    Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), after they have played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the survey. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 responses ranging from unlikely to very likely.

  2. Changes in beliefs

    Time frame: immediately after game play is completed

    Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), after they have played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the survey. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 responses ranging from unlikely to very likely.

  3. Change in knowledge

    Time frame: Baseline

    Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).

  4. Change in knowledge

    Time frame: immediately after game play is completed

    Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).

  5. Change in intentions

    Time frame: Baseline

    Participants will complete a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), immediately before playing the videogame intervention. Survey questions, adapted from the National Youth and Tobacco Use Survey (FDA, 2018), will assess participants' intention of using cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco. For questions assessing participants' intention of using tobacco products, response options range from definitely not to definitely yes (4 choices).

  6. Change in behaviors

    Time frame: Immediately after gameplay is completed

    Participants will complete a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), immediately before playing the videogame intervention. Survey questions, adapted from the National Youth and Tobacco Use Survey (FDA, 2018), will assess participants' intention of using cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco. For questions assessing participants' intention of using tobacco products, response options range from definitely not to definitely yes (4 choices).

  7. Changes in social norms

    Time frame: Baseline

    Participants will complete a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), immediately before playing the videogame intervention. Survey questions, adapted from the National Youth and Tobacco Use Survey (FDA, 2018), will assess participants' social norms surrounding the use of cigarettes, ecigarettes, and flavored tobacco. Questions assessing the number of friends/peers who use tobacco products will range from 0 to 4 (including an "I don't know" option). Questions, such as "How would your best friends act toward you if you smoked cigarettes," have response options ranging from very unfriendly to very friendly (4 choices).

  8. Changes in social norms

    Time frame: Immediately after gameplay is completed

    Participants will complete a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), immediately before playing the videogame intervention. Survey questions, adapted from the National Youth and Tobacco Use Survey (FDA, 2018), will assess participants' social norms surrounding the use of cigarettes, ecigarettes, and flavored tobacco. Questions assessing the number of friends/peers who use tobacco products will range from 0 to 4 (including an "I don't know" option). Questions, such as "How would your best friends act toward you if you smoked cigarettes," have response options ranging from very unfriendly to very friendly (4 choices).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Gameplay satisfaction: post-test survey

    Time frame: immediately after game play is completed

    The post-test survey, administered through a secured, data collection website (LimeSurvey Data Collection Software), will include an additional 10 items on the game intervention experience and satisfaction from items designed for a previous videogame study on sexual risk reduction in young adolescents; 4 response choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 24, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 22, 2022

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