Tailored Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cigarette Smoking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tailored Web; Other: Untailored Web; Behavioral: Peer Coaching

• Registration Number: NCT01604525
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The RealU2 is a randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of an online health and wellness program for young adults with the addition of individualized peer health coaching.

Detailed Description

The RealU addresses smoking in a young adult population of occasional and daily smokers.

Aim 1. To determine the efficacy of providing individually tailored smoking cessation messages as part of a general interest website for young adults.

Aim 2. To determine the efficacy of providing individually tailored smoking cessation messages plus peer email, phone and online support as part of a general interest website for young adults.

Participants were recruited via direct emails sent to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of MI as well as direct emails sent to participants from Survey Sampling International and National Data Group. Individuals were invited to complete an online survey about health and hope in young adults. Participants eligible for the full intervention were invited to join the RealU Study.

Participants were asked to complete an online enrollment survey and consent form. Eligible, enrolled participants were randomly assigned to one of the following three study arms:

* an untailored general interest/lifestyle website

* an individually tailored web intervention about health and lifestyle

* an individually tailored web intervention about health and lifestyle with coaching from peers, including video, phone, and email

Assessments were conducted at 7 weeks and 12 weeks post-enrollment. The primary outcome measure is self-reported 30-day abstinence at 12 weeks.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-05
• Primary Completion: 2011-11
• Study Completion: 2011-11
• Status Verified: 2012-05
• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-05-21
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2012-05-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1699

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18-35
• Able to read English
• Internet access for the next 3 months
• Self-reported internet use of more than once per week
• Smoked at least one puff of a cigarette in the past 30 days

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Exclusion Criteria

• Use of smokeless tobacco in the past 30 days

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tailored Health and Lifestyle Web	Tailored Web	Participants randomized to this arm received tailored web content about health and wellness, with weekly goal-setting and feedback.
Tailored Web plus Peer Coaching	Peer Coaching	Participants randomized to this arm received access to weekly tailored health and wellness web content, plus weekly feedback from a peer health coach (videos uploaded to the web and phone calls).
Tailored Web plus Peer Coaching	Tailored Web	Participants randomized to this arm received access to weekly tailored health and wellness web content, plus weekly feedback from a peer health coach (videos uploaded to the web and phone calls).
Control	Untailored Web	Participants randomized to this group received access to an untailored general interest/lifestyle website.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported 30-day abstinence at Week 12	12 weeks post-enrollment	Participants were asked how many days they had smoked in the past 30 days during the follow-up survey conducted 12-13 weeks post-enrollment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self reported 7-day abstinence at 7 weeks	7-weeks post-enrollment	Participants were asked to select which of the days in the past 7 (Sun-Sat) they had smoked even one puff.
Self-reported 7-day abstinence at Week 12	12-weeks post-enrollment	Participants were asked to select which days in the past 7 (Sun-Sat) they had smoked at least one puff.