Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Among Korean Americans

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: high reinforcement cessation program; Behavioral: low reinforcement cessation program

• Registration Number: NCT02584127
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Berkeley

Brief Summary

The study evaluates the effectiveness of an internet-based smoking cessation program for Korean Americans.

Detailed Description

Smoking is prevalent among Korean American men. Quitting is Winning, an internet-based, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program, was developed using community-based participatory research principles.

A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate whether participants were more likely to complete the program and quit smoking at 6-month follow-up with additional reinforcement including financial incentives for program completion and interim surveys.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2013-09
• Study Completion: 2015-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-10-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-10-20
• Study First Posted: 2015-10-22
• Status Verified: 2016-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-05-11
• Last Update Posted: 2016-05-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 405

Inclusion Criteria

• self-identified Korean American ethnicity
• age 18 years or older
• daily smoker (i.e., smoked at least one cigarette per day during the previous seven days)
• current U.S. resident
• valid email address
• regular internet access.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
High reinforcement cessation program	high reinforcement cessation program	The High Reinforcement (HR) condition included five monthly, online interim surveys with financial incentives for these assessments and also for program completion. All participants completed an eligibility survey and a baseline survey. All participants were offered a financial incentive to complete the six-monh followup survey. All participants were provided access to a six step, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program self-administered online.
Low reinforcement cessation program	low reinforcement cessation program	Participants in the Low Reinforcement (LR) condition participants completed an eligibility survey and a baseline survey. All participants were offered a financial incentive to complete the six-monh followup survey. All participants were provided access to a six step, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program self-administered online.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
smoking status	six month followup	self-reported smoking status at 6-month followup

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
program completion	six months	Percentage of participants who completed the online smoking cessation program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Joel Moskowitz; 🇺🇸 Berkeley, California, United States