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NCT Number: NCT03538678

Just Kwit: Mobile Intervention for Tobacco Cessation

The intervention will be use of a smartphone app to support tobacco cessation. The app's main features include sending motivational messages, displaying money saved, and allowing the user to log cravings.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

About this study

The investigators will recruit hospitalized young adult smokers aged 18-30 interested in cessation over a six-month period. Patients will all receive a UPMC Tobacco Treatment Service counseling session focused on motivational interviewing prior to participation in the study. Upon consent, participants will then be randomized 1:1 to either standard patient-initiated follow-up or use of the Kwit app. Participants will be stratified by sex because males and females are known to have highly variable responses to existing tobacco control interventions. Investigators will systematically assess feasibility using established Likert-type items factors such as interaction, features, engagement, trust, and impact.

If a participant consents to the study, they will be given a brief survey to collect general information related to their smoking behavior. After 30 days, a follow-up survey will be conducted to assess their current smoking behavior. Participants randomized to the experimental arm will be asked additional questions about their use of the smartphone app.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-30 smokers interested in cessation (>5 cigarettes/day over the past 30 days)
  • Must own an Apple or Android based smartphone.

Exclusion criteria

  • Already receiving pharmacological and/or behavioral intervention or counseling for smoking cessation.

Treatment and study plan

Kwit smartphone app

Other

Kwit smarphone app

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility - Helpfulness and Ease of Use of the Intervention Smartphone App

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of feasibility - Descriptive statistics that will be obtained via a follow up survey will be used to assess feasibility. The follow up survey will be administered one month after discharge via email, phone or in-person, determined by the preference of the participant. Specific questions will be asked asking participants to rate the Kwit smartphone application based on helpfulness, ease of use, and to list frustrations and helpful aspects of the application.

    How helpful was the Kwit app? Very helpful Somewhat helpful Neutral Not very helpful Not at all helpful

    Was the app easy to use? Very Somewhat Neutral Not much Not at all

    Was it frustrating to use? Very Somewhat Neutral Not much Not at all

    What, if anything, was helpful about the app? What, if anything, was not helpful about the app?

  2. Feasibility - Frequency of Use

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of feasibility - Descriptive statistics that will be obtained via a follow up survey will be used to assess feasibility. The follow up survey will be administered one month after discharge via email, phone or in-person, determined by the preference of the participant. Specific questions will be asked asking participants to rate the Kwit smartphone application based on frequency of use.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cessation--point Prevalence Abstinence

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of cessation - Descriptive statistics will be used to assess cessation outcomes. The information will be obtained via a follow up survey with specific questions pertaining to the level of participant smoking as well as their confidence levels on maintaining cessation.

    Since you left the hospital in (month/year), have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff)?

    In the past 30 days, have you smoked a cigarette, even a puff?

    In the past 7 days, have you smoked a cigarette, even a puff?

  2. Cessation--cigarettes Smoked

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of cessation - Descriptive statistics will be used to assess cessation outcomes. The information will be obtained via a follow up survey with specific questions pertaining to the level of participant smoking as well as their confidence levels on maintaining cessation.

    (On the days you smoked), how many cigarettes on average did you smoke (even a puff)?

  3. Cessation--days Smoked

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of cessation - Descriptive statistics will be used to assess cessation outcomes. The information will be obtained via a follow up survey with specific questions pertaining to the level of participant smoking as well as their confidence levels on maintaining cessation.

    In the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke (even a puff)?

  4. Cessation--confidence

    Time frame: 1-month

    Assessment of cessation - Descriptive statistics will be used to assess cessation outcomes. The information will be obtained via a follow up survey with specific questions pertaining to the level of participant smoking as well as their confidence levels on maintaining cessation.

    How confident are you that you will be able to stay quit?

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
May 29, 2018
Registry last updated
Feb 18, 2021

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