Vaping
Conditions
Keywords
Nicotine Dependence, Social Media
Brief summary
Social media based intervention to support teens in their efforts to quit vaping.
Detailed description
This study is a randomized controlled trial of a social media intervention to support teens in their efforts to quit vaping.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSocial Media Intervention
Social media based intervention using Instagram with up to 3 posts per day for 30 days
Sponsors
Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
HopeLab Foundation
Rescue Agency
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 21 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. English literacy 2. Age between 13-21 years 3. Indicate they use social media most (\>= 4) days per week 4. Have vaped at least once per week in the past 30 days (90 percent of participants) 5. Access to a computer or mobile phone with photo capability to verify abstinence from vaping 6. Indicate they are considering quitting or are interested in quitting with the next 6 months or within the next 30 days 7. Currently reside in California
Exclusion criteria
1. No English literacy 2. Age under 13 or over 21 3. Insufficient social media use (3 or fewer days per week) 4. Have not vaped at least once per week in past 30 days 5. No access to computer or mobile phone with photo capability to verify abstinence from vaping 6. Not considering or interested in quitting vaping in the next 30 days or 6 months; 7. Not a California resident
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Point Prevalent Abstinence (PPA) from vaping | 1 month | 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA) from all tobacco products will be assessed over the course of the study. Participants reporting no vaping in the past 7 days will be coded as abstinent. Those reporting 7-day abstinence and not using nicotine replacement therapy will be mailed saliva cotinine test kit and saliva tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) test kit for biochemical verification of abstinence. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the number of vape quit attempts | Up to 6 months | The number of quit attempts will be recorded at each assessment. |
| Number of participants with at least 1 quit attempt | Up to 6 months | The number of participants whom achieved at least one quit attempt during the full assessment time period will be reported. |
| Change in the number of participants with reduction in vaping | Up to 6 months | Reduction in vaping is defined as a decline in vaping frequency by 50 percent (%) or more. |
| Change in the score on the Thoughts About Abstinence (TAA) Questionnaire | Up to 6 months | The adapted Thoughts About Abstinence Questionnaire (Hall et al., 1991) is a 3 item self-report questionnaire that measures: 1) desire to quit smoking, 2) expected success at quitting, 3) expected difficulty of quitting on 10-point Likert scales (e.g., 1=no desire to quit/lowest expectation/lowest level of difficulty to 10 = extreme desire to quit/highest expectation of success/highest expected difficulty) |
| Change in the scores on the Ways of Quitting questionnaire (WOQ) | Up to 6 months | The WOQ is a 28-item self-report instrument assessing adolescent smoking cessation strategies. For each WOQ item, respondents indicate whether they have used a given strategy (yes/no) and, if used, how helpful it was perceived to be on a five-point Likert-type scale (1= Not helpful to 5=Extremely helpful) with regard to several categories: Social support, Seeking assistance, Avoidance, Reduction, Substitution, Medication, Distraction, and Quit all at once (single item). |
| Change in response on Stages of Change Questionnaire | Up to 6 months | The participants readiness to quit will be measured using the Stages of Change questionnaire - single item, which asks Are you seriously thinking of quitting smoking? Answers range from 'Yes, within the next 30 days', 'Yes, within the next 6 months', and 'No, not thinking of quitting'. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed