Text Message Stop Smoking Among Young Population
4-Weeks Intervention of Mobile Phone Text Messaging (Let's Quit!) on Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Non Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
60
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and smoking-related cancers, and quitting smoking by the age of 30 reduces the risk of dying from tobacco-related diseases by almost 90%. The World Bank suggests that if adult cigarette consumption were to decrease by half in the year 2020, approximately 180 million tobacco-attributable deaths could be avoided. Therefore, promotion of smoking cessation has been proposed as a primary focus of tobacco control efforts, especially in developing countries where smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption are both still relatively high
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Apr 2014
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 5, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 4, 2015
CompletedMarch 4, 2015
February 1, 2015
2 months
February 5, 2015
March 3, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Quit rates
2 months
Time-line follow-back (TLFB)
2 months
The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
2 months
CO level
2 months
Study Arms (2)
Lets Quit
EXPERIMENTALGiven text message
Pamplets education
ACTIVE COMPARATORGiven pamplets on smoking and complication
Interventions
Five tracks were created including "Not Ready", "Beginner", "Advance", "Relapse", and "Distraction". The "Distraction" track was combined with all of the other remaining 4 tracks. It was aimed as a distraction (as the name indicated) method to lighten the participants mood. It consisted of general information such as sports, fashion, dining, movies, and travelling.
Given pamphlets material on smoking and complication
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Smokers aged 18 - 24 years old
- Owned a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities
- Intention to quit
- No current use of nicotine replacement treatment or bupropion in the past month
- Not in treatment for any substance abuse disorder within the past year
You may not qualify if:
- Not a smoker
- No desire to quit smoking-
- Who unwillingly to participate in this study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 5, 2015
First Posted
March 4, 2015
Study Start
April 1, 2014
Primary Completion
June 1, 2014
Study Completion
June 1, 2014
Last Updated
March 4, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-02