Investigating the use of the Mindcotine® virtual reality smartphone app to help people to quit smoking

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: icotine addiction; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN50586181
• Lead Sponsor: niversidad de Flores

Brief Summary

2020 results in preprint https://doi.org/10.2196/17571 (added 16/06/2020) 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32723722/ (added 31/07/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Start: 2019-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 10 August 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 24 to 65 years
2. Minimum consumption of 5 cigarettes per day
3. Score of 4-9 on the Contemplation Scale (CL)
4. Residents in the City of Buenos Aires
5. Own an Android mobile phone with gyroscope
6. Have data plan or Wi-Fi access
7. Expressed an interest in using VR as a method to quit smoking

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosed with a current psychiatric disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Self-reported abstinence at 1 day after the end of the program. The question used for assessment was Did you smoke tobacco in the last 24 hours?<br>