Clinical trial NCT04893460: CoQuit Study for Smoking Cessation
Official title: A Mobile App Based Cognitive Dissonance Intervention for Smoking Cessation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Smoking Cessation
Lead sponsor: Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2021-05-19
Enrollment: 72
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study investigates the feasibility of a cognitive dissonance-based mobile app for smoking cessation (CDI). Cognitive dissonance refers to the conflict between beliefs and behaviors; interventions are designed to promote this conflict to motivate people to change their behavior. Recent research has demonstrated the efficacy and potential of using cognitive dissonance interventions for a wide range of health and behavioral problems including smoking cessation. This study will develop an initial version of the CDI mobile app and evaluate the app in an evaluation study with 60 adult smokers.

Detailed description: A group of 60 adult smokers will use and evaluate the initial version of the CoQuit app. All participants will be recruited through social media; they will be screened and consented online. After enrolling, participants will receive a link to the baseline survey which asks about past and current tobacco use, nicotine dependence, motivation to quit, cognitive dissonance and demographic information. All participants will then be assigned to an online support group of 5 or 6 people. The group will receive simultaneous invites to the app so they can move through the 25 day program together. The app contains short videos of a CoQuit facilitator who presents instructions for specific tasks, such as writing a brief letter to a friend or family member explaining the decision to stop smoking. Participants will make videos of themselves related to these activities and post the videos within the app where they can be viewed by other members of the group. All participants will complete a six weeks post baseline online assessment asking about past and current tobacco use, quit attempts, and thoughts about navigation, ease of program use, and possible improvements to the app.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 or older
* Self-reported daily smoking
* Having a valid home mailing address
* English speaking
* Access to a smartphone with video capability and internet
* Not currently participating in any tobacco cessation programs
* Expressed desire to quit smoking

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Tobacco Abstinence
timeFrame: Six weeks post baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Attempts to Quit Smoking
timeFrame: Six weeks post baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Eugene
country: United States
facility: ORBIS/Oregon Research Institute
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Influents Innovations/Oregon Research Institute
name: Dana Smith, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Influents Innovations/Oregon Research Institute
name: Herb Severson, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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