Mobile Motivational Messages for Change (3M4Chan) Intervention in TMU
- Conditions
- Explore Successful Method to Quit Smoking
- Interventions
- Other: Case
- Registration Number
- NCT03108651
- Lead Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
- Brief Summary
About 100 (50 from TMU Hospital and 50 from Wellcome Clinic) current smokers will be recruited who contact smoke cession clinics in teaching hospitals of Taipei Medical University (TMU) and Wellcome Clinic. They will be randomly assigned either to Usual Care (UC) or Usual Care plus 3M4Chan Intervention group (IG). A randomized comparative effectiveness trial will be conducted. Patient will enroll from September 2017 to May 2018. In UC group, the physician provides a brief advice to quit during first consultation, a quit plan template, and medication prescription (Varenicline, Bupropion, Champix, Nicotinell TTS20) as decided by the physician. IG group includes UC plus a mobile App that is programmed to push tailored messages for health concern and readiness to quit, tips for sustaining abstinence, use of interactive self-assessments, helpful cessation information. This group of smokers will benefit from tailored cessation interventions with integrated body weight management elements that take into consideration the prevailing local and cultural influences on diet and levels of physical activity. IG will be continued even after stopping of the UC.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 92
- Age 20 years or older and approach smoke cessation clinic at TMU hospital
- Have an Android mobile phone
- Able to read Traditional Chinese
- Willing to participate in all study components
- Willing to be followed-up for 6 months
- Smoked at least once every month in the last two years
- Current smoker
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• Below 20 years on the day of enrolment
- Not willing to participate in the study
- Those who do not have Android mobile phone or unable to read Mandarin
- Not willing to share medical information from EHR
- Subjects who develop adverse effects related to the pharmacological treatment included in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Case Case Motivational message will be administrated.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Smoking cessation rate at six months Up to 6 months Smoking cessation rate will be measured as the ratio of the total number of patients who relapsed with total number of patients in their group. Patients will be considered to have relapsed if they fail at least one of their urine cotinine and carbon monoxide tests.
Smoking cessation rate at two months Up to 2 months Smoking cessation rate will be measured as the ratio of the total number of patients who relapsed with total number of patients in their group. Patients will be considered to have relapsed if they fail at least one of their urine cotinine and carbon monoxide tests.
Smoking cessation rate at four months Up to 4 months Smoking cessation rate will be measured as the ratio of the total number of patients who relapsed with total number of patients in their group. Patients will be considered to have relapsed if they fail at least one of their urine cotinine and carbon monoxide tests.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method User engagement at an individual level Up to 6 months Engagement at individual level will be assessed based on the rate of read messages by the patients. This is calculated as the quotient between the messages the patients have read, and the total number of messages the system has sent to the patients. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
Engagement at aggregated level - Mobile application return rate Up to 6 months Return rate measures the percentage of patients who return to the app on a specific time after installation. It is measured by cohort group - that is, based on when patients first opened the app. It is calculated as the ratio of the number of users active on a given period to the size of the cohort. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
User app behavior Up to 6 months It will be measured as the time spent per app section.
User satisfaction with messages At 6 months after enrolment. Patients' answers to a satisfaction questionnaire that will be handed to them at the end of the study.
User quitting attempts Up to 6 months Number of quitting attempts per patient, including the frequency of the quitting attempts.
Engagement at aggregated level - Mobile application rolling retention Up to 6 months The percentage of users still active N days after installation. This is a ratio of the number of users whose last day of activity is past day N to the number of users who could have been active on day N. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
Engagement at aggregated level - Mobile application session frequency Up to 6 months The session frequency is a measure of how often each unique patient used the app within a given time interval. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
User message ratings Up to 6 months User's votes for each message in a 5 star scale.
User lifestyle feedback At enrollment and at 6 months after enrollment Comparison of changes in user lifestyle (at baseline and after 6 months) through the combined questionnaires SF-36.
Physical activity Up to 6 months The physical activity would be measured as the total time (minutes) of activity per user, retrieved by GoogleFit in the app.
Engagement at aggregated level - Mobile application session length distribution Up to 6 months The session length is defined as the length of time between the start of the application event and the end of the application event. The session length determines the engagement as it is relevant to know how much time patients spend in the app per session. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
Engagement at aggregated level - Mobile application sessions per user Up to 6 months A session is one use of the mobile application by a patient. This begins when the application is launched and ends when the application is terminated. This metric will be assessed throughout the observation until its end.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Syed Abdul Shabbir
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan