Tobacco Use Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
Pilot study to test feasibility of delivering a motivational smoking cessation intervention to low income smokers via a computer tablet.
Detailed description
Twenty Salvation Army clients will be recruited to pilot test a motivational smoking cessation counseling intervention that is delivered via a tablet computer. Study participants will be given brief instructions on how to use the tablet. They will then complete a brief survey on the tablet. This will be followed by the researcher using the tablet to provide the motivational intervention. Finally, study participants will be interviewed to establish this perceptions of the intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTablet-guided tobacco intervention
This intervention, as guided by a tablet computer, is a brief (20 minute) counseling intervention designed to increase motivation to quit smoking and to increase knowledge of methods of quitting.
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* current smoker (≥ 10 cigarettes/week for the past six months who are not currently trying to quit) * age ≥ 18 years * English speaking/writing
Exclusion criteria
* not receiving services for the Salvation Army
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of use of tablet-guided tobacco intervention assessed by interview and summarized across study participants | Immediately after exposure to intervention | At the end of the intervention, each study participant will be interviewed regarding how easy the tablet computer was to use. This qualitative information will by summarized across all study participants. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed