Tobacco Smoking Behavior, Cigarette Smoking Behavior, Second Hand Tobacco Smoke, Tobacco Use Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
smoking, quit smoking, smoking cessation, smoking study, secondhand smoke, smokers
Brief summary
The long-term goal is to improve the quality of life of children and their parents who smoke tobacco by facilitating parental smoking cessation in a way that is easy to administer yet effective. We aim to accomplish this goal by administering an interactive computer-based program that will facilitate motivation and readiness to engage in smoking cessation by providing personalized feedback about the financial and health effects of the parent's smoking. We will compare the changes in motivation and readiness to quit smoking after the parent has taken the computer-based program and compare them to the changes in motivation and readiness to quit in parents who receive only information about the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline. We will also measure salivary cotinine levels in both parents and children, to objectively measure changes in smoking habits and secondhand smoke exposure. Our hypothesis is that our computer-based program will cause a greater increase in motivation and confidence to quit smoking in the group that receives the customized feedback than the group that receives only information about the Tobacco Helpline. We also predict that both parent and child cotinine levels will show a greater decrease in the group randomized to receive personalized feedback.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPersonalized Feedback
Personalized feedback reflecting the participant's current level of nicotine addiction, money spent on cigarettes, time spent smoking, and health effects of smoking.
Sponsors
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
University of Oklahoma
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Parent or primary caregiver of a child patient at the OU Children's Physicians General Pediatrics clinics * Current cigarette user * Able to read study forms and verbally communicate with the study staff in English
Exclusion criteria
* Nonsmokers * Unable to read or speak English well enough to complete the survey and study tasks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Reported Readiness and Motivation to Quit Smoking | Baseline, 1-month, 6-months, 12-months | We will assess changes in self-reported readiness and motivation to quit smoking. |
| Parent and Child Salivary Cotinine | Baseline, 1-month, 6-months, and 12-months | We will assess change in parent and child salivary cotinine throughout the course of the study. |
| Change in self-reported cigarette use | baseline, 1-month, 6-months, and 12-months | We will assess changes in self-reported cigarette use throughout the study. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed