Clinical trial NCT00665704: Tobacco Tactics Website for Veteran Smokers
Official title: Tobacco Tactics Website for Veteran Smokers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Smoking
Keywords: Smoking Cessation
Internet
Intervention Studies
Health Services Accessibility
Lead sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Sponsor class: FED
First posted: 2008-04-24
Enrollment: 9
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to develop an evidence-based Tobacco Tactics website tailored to veterans based on an intervention tested in the VA.

Detailed description: Despite the detrimental effects of smoking, approximately 33% of veterans continue to smoke compared to approximately 21% of the general population. While efficacious cessation interventions are available, implementation of cessation interventions remains a challenge and new intervention strategies are needed to reach veterans. VA cessation providers recently met in Atlanta and one recommendation was to develop a cessation website for veterans. The evidence-based Tobacco Tactics website will be designed, pre-tested, and pilot tested as an intervention to assist veteran smokers to quit smoking. The efficacy of the website will then be tested in a subsequent randomized control trial (RCT). If the website proves efficacious, it would decrease morbidity and mortality among veterans, decrease face-to-face cessation intervention time for providers, and reach veterans in areas all over the country, perhaps through the VA "My Healthy Vet" website. This is a Phase 1 behavioral clinical trial designed to develop and pilot test a web-based Tobacco Tactics intervention tailored to veteran smokers. First, we will outline the specific content areas to be addressed. Second, we will develop the Tobacco Tactics intervention with our web designer in accordance with VA Web Operations. Third, a member of the research team will go through the website with the 5 veteran smokers obtaining feedback and noting any problems that occur. Fourth, with human studies approval, we will pilot test the impact of the intervention with 9 veteran smokers recruited to quit smoking using the Tobacco Tactics website. A research nurse will:

1. be available by phone to answer any questions;
2. collect qualitative data on veterans use of the Tobacco Tactics website; and,
3. note the 30 day quit rate.

Formative evaluation during pre-testing will include qualitative feedback on the:

1. ability to accomplish tasks;
2. ability to accomplish goals with skill and speed;
3. ability to operate the system; and
4. satisfaction.

For the 9 veteran smokers that actually try to use the Tobacco Tactics website to quit smoking, we will be able to determine:

1. the number of times they signed onto the website;
2. the time spent on the website; and
3. the number of times each module was accessed.

Impact evaluation will be the 30 day quit rates of the 9 veteran smokers that agree to use the website.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Veteran,
* Screen Positive for Current Smoking,
* Greater than 18 Years of Age,
* Access to the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-English Speaking,
* Have Unstable Physical or Psychiatric/Mental Conditions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self Reported 30 Day Smoking Quit Rate
timeFrame: 30 days post intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patient Feedback to Evaluate the Website
timeFrame: 30 days post intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
state: Michigan
Study officials:
affiliation: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
name: Sonia A. Duffy, PhD MS RN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Duffy SA, Fowler KE, Flanagan PS, Ronis DL, Ewing LA, Waltje AH. The development of the tobacco tactics website. JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Jun 28;2(2):e22. doi: 10.2196/resprot.2445.