None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a faith-based quit-smoking intervention. The intervention is text-messaging based and will be delivered during Ramadan 2024. The intervention consists of religious and health messages. Participants will be allocated to either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive the religious content and health messages, while the control group will receive generic health messages alone. The research team will contact participants a week before the start of the intervention to collect baseline data. Participants will be followed up at the end of Ramadan, at the end of the intervention (two months after the start of Ramadan), and three months after the start of Ramadan.
Interventions
A behavioural faith-based intervention for smoking cessation. The intervention consists of religious-based messages and health messages. The messages were informed by qualitative interviews with current and former Muslim smokers and co-designed with religious scholars. The intervention will be text-message-based; each text message will be less than 500 words. The health messages include providing information on the harm of smoking, the benefits of quitting, and strategies to overcome cravings. T
A behavioural faith-based intervention for smoking cessation. The intervention consists of religious-based messages and health messages. The messages were informed by qualitative interviews with current and former Muslim smokers and co-designed with religious scholars. The intervention will be text-message-based; each text message will be less than 500 words. The health messages include providing information on the harm of smoking, the benefits of quitting, and strategies to overcome cravings. The health messages are supported by religious messages from the Quran (Islami holy book) and Hadith (Prophet Mohammed's teachings). Participants will receive daily text messages during Ramadan 2024 (over 30 days) and one month post-Ramadan. In the first 15 days of Ramadan, participants will receive two messages per day. In the last 15 days, they will receive one message per day. After Ramadan, participants will receive three weekly messages for four weeks to enhance smoking cessation support. To monitor protocol adherence, participants will be sent a weekly questionnaire asking if they read the messages.
Sponsors
The University of Auckland
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) an adult aged 18 years or older, 2) self-identify as a Muslim, 3) currently smokes cigarettes, waterpipe, or both, 4) have a mobile phone capable of receiving and sending text messages, 5) willing to observe Ramadan, 6) willing to quit smoking during Ramadan, 7) can read basic English.
Exclusion criteria
Participants receiving any form of behavioural interventions/therapy and participants on medications to quit smoking.
Outcome results
None listed