Self-Control and Adult Cigarette Smokers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 75
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Self- Control as Measured by the Change in the Length of Time Participants Can Hold a Hand-grip at Baseline and Follow-up (One Week After Baseline)
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to learn more about self-control and adults who smoke cigarettes. It has been suggested that people can improve self-control by practicing tasks that require the use of self-control (such as delaying cigarettes or sitting up as straight as possible). The goal of this study is to learn about whether scores on self-control and other measures will change after one week of practicing self-control tasks at home. We believe that adults who smoke cigarettes will show better self-control after practicing tasks for a week.
详细描述
The purpose of this pilot study is to examine a smoking-related self-control task and smoking behavior in adult smokers who are not motivated to quit smoking.
This pilot study will have a between-subjects design. All participants will be asked to complete two study appointments. First, they will complete a baseline appointment where they will review consent procedures. Participants who complete the consent forms will then be asked to fill out measures of demographics, smoking, and self-control. Smoking will be confirmed using expired breath carbon monoxide (CO) levels taken using a CO monitor. At that appointment participants will be randomly assigned to complete one of two self-control tasks: a task that is related to smoking (e.g., giving instructions to delay smoking when they have a craving) or a task that is not related to smoking (e.g., participants will be instructed to try to maintain the best posture possible (e.g., sit up straight, walk with good posture) as much as possible throughout each day Random assignment will be done using a random number generator and 50% of participants will be assigned to the smoking task while the other 50% will be assigned to the non-smoking task. Study staff will received standardized instructions to read to each participant about the task that they are assigned to practice during the week. Participants will be asked to practice their assigned self-control task every day for a week and to complete a brief series of questions about the effort and time spent practicing the task that day along with the number of cigarettes they smoked that day. After one week, participants will return for the second study appointment where they will report on their effort and time spent practicing the self-control tasks and complete additional measures of smoking and self-control.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Be adults who are 18 years of age or older
- •Currently smoke ≥10 cigarettes per day biochemically confirmed by an expired breath carbon monoxide (CO) level ≥8
- •Report that they are not currently attempting to quit smoking and not currently receiving smoking cessation treatment (e.g., counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, varenicline)
- •Have the capacity to give informed consent
- •Be English-speaking.
排除标准
- •Children under the age of 18
- •Non-English speakers
- •Those who do not have the capacity to consent will be excluded from this study.
结局指标
主要结局
Self- Control as Measured by the Change in the Length of Time Participants Can Hold a Hand-grip at Baseline and Follow-up (One Week After Baseline)
时间窗: Baseline, one week followup after baseline
Participants were instructed to squeeze a hand-grip exerciser as long as possible and research staff used a stopwatch to time the length of time that the hand-grip is squeezed. A wad of paper was inserted between the handles of the hand-grip and timing stopped when the paper fell from the hand-grip indicating that the participant had released the hand-grip. The hand-grip was held before and after a thought suppression exercise that was meant to diminish self-control in order to control for individual hand strength. Self-control was measured as the difference in the length of time holding the hand-grip before and after the thought suppression exercise at each appointment (baseline and one week followup). Change in self-control due to task practice was measured as \[self-control at the second study appointment one week after the first appointment\] minus \[self-control at the first study appointment\].
次要结局
- Self-Control as Measured by the Change in Self-reported Overall Self-Control at Baseline and Follow-up(2 assessments of this item over one week (baseline appointment, follow up appointment 1 week after baseline))
- Change in Smoking Quantity (Cigarettes Smoked Per Day) Measured at Baseline and at Follow-up(Baseline, follow up appointment one week after baseline)
- Change in Expired Breath Carbon Monoxide Level(Baseline, follow up one week after baseline)
研究者
Andrea Weinberger
Associate Professor
Yeshiva University