A Pilot Randomized Control Trial to Help Youth Smokers to Quit Smoking:
Effectiveness of Using Adventure-based Training and WhatsApp Group to Relieve Emotion and Pressure so as to Quit Smoking: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial including: (1) Adventure-based training intervention group, (2) WhatsApp intervention group and (3) Control group.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2016
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2016
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 12, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 16, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2022
CompletedNovember 4, 2020
November 1, 2020
4.9 years
January 12, 2017
November 2, 2020
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-reported 7-day point prevalence
The subjects will be asked whether they have smoked cigarette in the past 7 day at 6-month
6-month
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Biochemical validated quit rate
6-month
Change in Depressive symptoms
6-month
Change in Self-esteem
6-month
Change in Quality of life
6-month
Study Arms (3)
Adventure-based intervention group
EXPERIMENTALAdventure-based intervention group included 1 day-camp and will be divided into 2 parts: (1) physical activity such as wall climbing, ropes course etc, (2) health education delivering about the relationship of self-efficacy, self-esteem, emotion and smoking abstinence. The training will be held before the 6-month follow-up. Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.
WhatsApp intervention group
EXPERIMENTALFor WhatsApp intervention group, not more than 8 subjects with same gender will be assigned into a group. Messages about mood and stress management will be sent to the group per week and the group will last for 6 months. It aims to relieve their pressure and emotion by sharing their unhappy things with other subjects. Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.
Control group
OTHERFor the control group, the subjects will receive telephone counseling on quitting smoking at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.
Interventions
One-day adventure-based training will be assigned to subjects and the activities include wall climbing, rope course and health talk on mood, pressure management and smoking cessation.
A WhatsApp group will be opened for the subjects and we will send messages about mood and pressure management to them and encourage them to quit smoking. The subjects can share their unhappy things in the group.
Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 24-month and smoking cessation counselling will be delivered to the subjects.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Hong Kong resident aged 25 or below
- Able to communicate, read and write in Cantonese/ Chinese
- Smoked in the past 30 days
- Mobile can access internet
- Would access internet through mobile or at home
You may not qualify if:
- Have difficulty to communicate via telephone
- Ever used/using psychiatric drugs
- Physically disabled
- Having queries irrelevant to tobacco control
- Undergoing other smoking cessation service
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ho-cheung Li, PhD
The University of Hong Kong
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 12, 2017
First Posted
January 16, 2017
Study Start
December 1, 2016
Primary Completion
November 1, 2021
Study Completion
January 1, 2022
Last Updated
November 4, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share