An Interactive Smartphone Application to Motivate Smokers to Quit
- Conditions
- Smoking CessationSmoking Behaviors
- Interventions
- Behavioral: StepOne Smartphone Application
- Registration Number
- NCT05799625
- Lead Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
- Brief Summary
Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking.
- Detailed Description
Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking. The intervention has been designed based by a team of scientist, taking principles of change behaviour into consideration. The application incorporates daily reminders, gamification, and models of habit formation to engage users. It will support participants to reflect on their smoking in a holistic manner through questions and activities.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 382
- 18 years of age or older.
- Living in Ontario, Canada.
- Current smoker who indicates they are not interested in quitting within the next 30-days.
- Have access to and regularly use a smartphone with internet access.
- Read, write, speaks English or French.
- Available and willing to participate in follow-up assessments over the next 6 months.
- Able to provide consent.
- Planning on quitting smoking within the next 30-days.
- Cognitively impaired or experiencing acute psychiatric illness that would alter their ability to participate.
- Institutionalized at a retirement home, nursing home or long-term care facility.
- Has morbid illness which will prevent completion of 6-month follow-up (e.g., receiving palliative care).
- Participating in another smoking cessation program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention StepOne Smartphone Application Eligible smokers randomized to the intervention group will be asked to download the StepOne smartphone application onto their smartphone via the Apple Store or Google Play Store. They will be provided with a unique ID and unique code, which will enable them to log into the StepOne smartphone application to begin the 14-day program. Users will interact with the application in the morning and evening; the exact time of the engagement is selected by the participant and ideally at a time that maximizes the likelihood of engaging with the activity. The application incorporates interactive educational material, daily reminders, gamification, and models of habit formation to engage users. As with any other smartphone application, users can turn off notifications if they choose to do so. New content and activities will be shared daily.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported readiness to quit Day 195 Collected via survey
Having made a quit attempt Day 195 Collected via survey
Rate of smoking cessation Day 195 for participants who report smoking cessation Biochemically verified using an expired carbon monoxide (CO) test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Use of behavioural supports (e.g. counselling, quit lines) Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Point prevalence abstinence Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Use of cessation medication and/or e-cigarettes Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Satisfaction and perceived program barriers and facilitators will be assessed for patients in the intervention group Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Number of participants that made a quit attempt Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Change in smoking Day 14, 45, 195 Collected via survey
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada