Computer Tailored Program for Smoking Cessation Among Romanian Adults

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Tobacco Smoking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling

• Registration Number: NCT02028962
• Lead Sponsor: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Brief Summary

The research aim is the development, implementation and evaluation of the first computer tailored smoking cessation progam for Romanian adult smokers. It will be implemented among smokers from Romania aged 20-60 years. The participants will beneficiate of tailored information received in letters generated by using sophisticated computer algorithms, allowing the creation of highly individualized messages that address each individual's unique needs, motivations and beliefs related to smoking .

Program implementation will comprise of :

1. ''diagnosis'' by means of questionnaires at the individual level of characteristics that are relevant for a person's smoking behavior

2. development of the ''message library'' that contains all education messages that may be needed

3. development of an ''algorithm'', a set of decision rules that evaluates the diagnosis, selects and generates messages tailored to the specific needs of the individual user

4. generating of personalized letters for each participant

5. sending of theses personalized letters to the participants. The participants will receive three personalized letters during a period of six months after registration into the program.

The effects of the program will be evaluated with a randomized controlled trial which will assess the changes in smoking behaviour as well as smoking related attitudes, self-efficacy and quiting attempts at 6 months after the enrolment into the program.

A process evaluation will assess participants' opinion about the program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2014-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-01-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-01-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-01-06
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 2014-01-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Study Completion: 2014-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 640

Inclusion Criteria

• smokers (smoked in the last 7 days)who intend to quit smoking in the next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• non-smokers
• smokers who do not intend to quit smoking in the next 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lifestyle counseling	Lifestyle counseling	The experimental group will receive three letters with advices for smoking cessation-the first letter after the enrolment in the study, the second one one month after the first letter, the third one three months after the first letter

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
abstinence from smoking in the last 7 days	baseline and 6 months after

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
self-eficacy in quiting smoking	baseline and 6 months after
quiting attempts in the last 6 months	baseline and 6 months after
smoking related attitudes	baseline and six months after

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy; 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania