None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The trial will test whether a smartphone app, when combined with usual smoking cessation support services, will double smoking abstinence rates at 6 months for Aboriginal people trying to make a quit attempt. This study will be a pilot randomised controlled trial involving approximately 200 Aboriginal smokers. Data will be collected at baseline, 4 weeks and 6 months by a project officer who is blinded to group allocation. Eligible participants are consenting Aboriginal people (aged over 16 years), with access to an Android or iOS phone and who are willing to make a quit attempt in the next month.
Interventions
Provision of a smartphone mobile phone application to assist in smoking cessation. The application is accessible via the iTunes or Google Play store to registered trial participants who have been randomised to receive the intervention and will be available for 6 months. The application has a range of features to assist with smoking cessation including SMS motivational messages at a frequency customised by the participant, educational tips on health improvements associated with smoking cessation,
Provision of a smartphone mobile phone application to assist in smoking cessation. The application is accessible via the iTunes or Google Play store to registered trial participants who have been randomised to receive the intervention and will be available for 6 months. The application has a range of features to assist with smoking cessation including SMS motivational messages at a frequency customised by the participant, educational tips on health improvements associated with smoking cessation, access to smoking cessation counselling support via Quitline and a social engagement function where participants are able to challenge other people to quit smoking related actions. Participants are free to use the app as much or as little as they choose. Usage will be assessed through data extracted from the software platform at the end of the study.
Sponsors
The George Institute for Global Health
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Consenting Aboriginal people with access to an Android or iOS phone who are willing to make a quit attempt in the next month
Exclusion criteria
Not able to provide informed consent No access to an Android or iOS phone Not willing to make a quit attempt in the next 30 days
Outcome results
None listed