Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
smoking cessation, quit smoking
Brief summary
This innovative study will compare a newly developed smartphone application for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to a smartphone application for traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Detailed description
The study matches these National Cancer Institute (NCI) research funding priorities: (1) increasing the dissemination of smoking cessation treatments and (2) new treatment approaches to boost the effectiveness of cessation interventions.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALACT
BEHAVIORALCBT
Sponsors
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* age 18 or older * smokes at least five cigarettes daily for at least past 12 months * wants to quit in the next 30 days * interested in learning skills to quit smoking * willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application * resides in US * has at least daily access to their own personal Apple iPhone 4, 4s, or 5 * knows how to login and download a smartphone application from Apple's App Store Store * willing and able to read in English * not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our other intervention studies) * has never used the NCI's Quit Guide smartphone application.\] * willing to complete one follow-up survey * provide email, phone, and mailing address.
Exclusion criteria
* The
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 7-day and 24-hour point prevalence quit rates | 2 months post randomization |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed