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Web-based intervention for co-smokers of tobacco and cannabis to enhance knowledge and awareness of tobacco and cannabis co-use

Brief web-based interventions to enhance co-smokers' knowledge and awareness of tobacco and cannabis co-use and to motivate them for simultaneous cessation: a randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN56326375
Enrollment
246
Registered
2013-03-27
Start date
2012-01-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-10-14

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Conditions

Nicotine and cannabis use/misuse/abuse Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids

Interventions

Participants are randomly assigned to one out of the three following web-based, brief interventions: 1. Psycho-education (=control condition): mere knowledge transfer, provision of in
the information is thematically subdivided into smaller chapters
in order to read the next chapter participants have to click a ?next? button 2. Self-assessment with personalized, normative feedback: participants have to fill out two questionnaires
afterwards they receive feedbacks which are generated by an algorithm using the information given during the self-assessment
the feedbacks contain information about the frequency of use and scores (tobacco: dependence
cannabis: problematic use), including an explanation of the meaning of the scores (in relation to diagnostic cut-offs) as well as normative comparisons with reference populations of the same gender (o
finally, participants obtain a targeted advice to change their behaviour 3. Intervention based on principles of motivational interviewing: participants are asked mainly open-ended que
the goal is to promote the participants? self-reflective thinking about their smoking behaviour and intentions to change it, to strengthen the abstinent-related self-efficacy, and to make participants
participants receive periodically affirmative feedbacks and summaries of their input Duration of the interventions: one session not longer than 20 minutes

Sponsors

Swiss Tobacco Prevention Fund (Switzerland)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Tobacco use at least once during past 30 days 2. Cannabis use at least once during past 6 months 3. No age constraints, either gender

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Motivation to quit tobacco and cannabis simultaneously after intervention (t1) measured at t0, t1, t2 with a readiness ruler ranging from 1 to 10

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Motivation to quit tobacco (measured at t0, t1, t2 with a readiness ruler ranging from 1 to 10) 2. Motivation to quit cannabis (measured at t0, t1, t2 with a readiness ruler ranging from 1 to 10) 3. HAPA stages of change (measured at t0, t1, t2) 4. Tobacco mean amount of cigarettes per day during last 4 weeks (measured at t0 & t2) 5. Cannabis use frequency: mean use frequency (consumption units) per day (calculated from a 7 days timeline follow-back question) and consumption frequency during last 4 weeks (8 categories) measured at t0 & t2 6. Self efficacy (to abstain from tobacco and cannabis) measured at t0, t1, t2 7. General health status (single-item-measure from SF-36) measured at t0 & t2 8. Information seeking about integrative cessation course (t2; after the intervention, participants have to choose whether they want to obtain further information about the course ore whether they are not interested in the course) Enrolment for informative event of the integrative cessation course (measured with enrolment lists) 9. Participation in the integrative cessation course (measured with enrolment lists) 10. Tobacco cessation attempt during past 8 weeks measured at t2 11. Cannabis cessation attempt during past 8 weeks measured at t2

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026