Development of a Videogame Prototype Targeting Cigarette and Marijuana Smoking, and Tobacco Product Prevention Among Young Adolescents (smokeScreen)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking
• Interventions: Device: smokeSCREEN video game

• Registration Number: NCT03722888
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

The goal of this sub-study is to learn more about how an educational videogame can feasibly be implemented and disseminated in youth programs.

Detailed Description

The specific aims of this sub-study are:

Specific Aim #1: Work with game development team to develop a web-based version of smokeSCREEN.

Specific Aim # 2: Build a pre-post survey into the smokeSCREEN game to anonymously collect survey information on players' perspectives, beliefs, behaviors around smoking.

Specific Aim # 3: Collaborate with youth programs to pilot test the implementation of the new web-based version of smokeSCREEN into youth programs.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-25
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-23
• Study Completion: 2018-09-28
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Include individuals who have smoked a cigarette previously (since we are evaluating the use of tobacco products in this study, we are including individuals who have previously smoked a cigarette)
• Willing to sit at a computer/tablet/smartphone and play a video game for 45-60 minutes and answer questions before and after playing the video game.
• Be enrolled in a youth program that we have a partnership with.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Does not fit the inclusion criteria.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
adolescents who have previously smoked	smokeSCREEN video game	Adolescents given a pre-post survey to measure the effect of the game and building that into the smokeSCREEN video game to anonymously collect information on players' perspectives, beliefs, behaviors around smoking, and collaborating with youth programs to pilot test how the game can be implemented in real world settings.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - post test survey.	immediately after game play is completed	Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), after they have played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the survey. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 response choices ranging from very unlikely to very likely.
To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.	baseline	Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).
To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.	baseline	Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software) and then played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 response choices ranging from very unlikely to very likely.
To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - post test survey.	immediately after game play is completed	Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To collect data on participants' gameplay experience and satisfaction.	immediately after game play is completed	The post-test survey included an additional 5 items on game experience and satisfaction from items designed for a previous videogame study on sexual risk reduction in young adolescents (e.g., "I would tell my friends to play this game," 4 response choices, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree).

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Farnam Neighborhood House; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Hamden Youth Center; 🇺🇸 Hamden, Connecticut, United States

Leadership, Education, and Athletics Partnership (LEAP) Inc.; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States