HIV, Smoking
Conditions
Keywords
Smartphone app, CO self-monitoring
Brief summary
This randomized controlled trial is going to evaluate whether an intervention consisting of a smartphone application to assist smokers living with HIV to quit in combination with CO self-monitoring compared to stop smoking counselling by physicians during usual care results in higher self-reported and biochemically verified smoking cessation rates at 6 months. .
Interventions
OTHERSmartphone app/CO self-monitoring
Smartphone app and carbon monoxide self-monitoring (personal device)
Sponsors
Alain Nordmann
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
HIV-infected smokers ≥ 16 years and smoking ≥ 3 cigarettes /day enrolled into the Swiss HIV Cohort Study Willingness to quit smoking Speaking one or more of offical Swiss national languages or English Users of smartphone (specifically iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, 6, 6+ running iOS Version 8.0+; smartphones with resolution of at least 800x400 pixels running, Android Version 5.0+, and Android smartwatches) Informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Limitations in hearing, comprehension or vision problems that preclude full study participation Participants with a life expectancy of less than 12 months due to any serious medical condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported abstinence biochemically verified by a carbon monoxide test in-person | 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in the number of daily cigarettes smoked from baseline to 6-month follow-up and point prevalence of abstinence (ie, no smoking in the past 7 days) at 6-month follow-up. | 6 months |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed