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

NCT03722888 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 140103293_IV
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

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.

Conditions

Smoking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.

  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.

  baseline

• To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - post test survey.

  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.

  immediately after game play is completed

• To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.

  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).

  baseline

• To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - post test survey.

  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).

  immediately after game play is completed

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To collect data on participants' gameplay experience and satisfaction.

  immediately after game play is completed

Study Arms (1)

adolescents who have previously smoked

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Device: smokeSCREEN video game

Interventions

smokeSCREEN video game DEVICE

smokeSCREEN video game is web-based videogame intervention focused on tobacco use prevention in teens. The game has 1.5-2 hours of unique game play and focuses on combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco products.smokeSCREEN. Guided by the social cognitive theory and the theory of planned behavior, smokeSCREEN addresses a range of challenges that teens often face involving peer pressure and the use of tobacco products. Participants are provided access to the smokeSCREEN game through a private, password-protected website link and instructed to complete the game.

adolescents who have previously smoked

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University: lead

Study Sites (3)

Hamden Youth Center

Hamden, Connecticut, 06517, United States

Location

Leadership, Education, and Athletics Partnership (LEAP) Inc.

New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States

Location

Farnam Neighborhood House

New Haven, Connecticut, 06513, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Lynn Fiellin, MD

  Yale University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: single group study with pre-post design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2018
• First Posted: October 29, 2018
• Study Start: October 25, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 23, 2018
• Study Completion: September 28, 2018
• Last Updated: October 29, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

US (3)