Message Testing in Aging African American Smokers

Motivating Change in Aging African American Smokers - Testing Messages

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05819086

Acronym

MCAAAS-2

Enrollment

839

Registered

2023-04-19

Start date

2023-03-13

Completion date

2023-03-28

Last updated

2024-11-12

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Conditions

Smoking, Smoking Cessation

Brief summary

The goal of this study is to examine different messages to motivate smokers who self-identify as an African American current smoker, between the ages of 50-80 years old to quit smoking. Participants will be asked to complete a survey and look at two messages.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALRate Emotional Response

Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message

BEHAVIORALRate Impact of Message

Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Current smoker (smoking at least some days per week) * Ability to read and write English * Between the ages of 50 and 80 years old * Self identify as African American.

Exclusion criteria

* History of Mild Cognitive Impairment or dementia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Motivation to Quit Smoking	data collected before and after intervention (baseline and approximately 15 minutes later)	Change in participants' motivation to quit pre- and post-viewing of the experimental flyer and video, using a 1 item scaled measurement of motivation to quit (1-7 scale, 7 indicating higher motivation) measured in a single online survey (\ 15 minutes).
Emotional Response - Sad	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Angry	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Afraid	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response). Emotionality will be presented together summarizing the mean presentation of these emotions by the different groups.
Emotional Response - Guilty	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Disgusted	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Worried	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Ashamed	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Confused	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Amused	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Hopeful	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Motivated	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Understood	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Happy	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).
Emotional Response - Surprised	data collected at one time point, post-intervention, up to approximately 15 minutes	Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response).

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

Arm	Count
Big Tobacco Video Message and Flyer Participants will view a Big tobacco video message and flyer. Rate Emotional Response: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message Rate Impact of Message: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.	219
It's Never Too Late Video Message and Flyer Participants will view a It's never too late video message and flyer. Rate Emotional Response: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message Rate Impact of Message: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.	207
Placebo Message Participants will view a water advertisement and flyer. Rate Emotional Response: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message Rate Impact of Message: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.	210
Fear Message Video and Flyer Participants will view a fear message video and flyer. Rate Emotional Response: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message Rate Impact of Message: Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.	203
Total	839

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Big Tobacco Video Message and Flyer	It's Never Too Late Video Message and Flyer	Placebo Message	Fear Message Video and Flyer	Total
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	49 Participants	46 Participants	159 Participants	47 Participants	301 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	170 Participants	161 Participants	51 Participants	156 Participants	538 Participants
Age, Continuous	59.32 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.652	58.91 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.901	59.55 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.778	59.40 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.742	59.30 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.759
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Asian	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	2 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Black or African American	219 Endorsements	207 Endorsements	210 Endorsements	203 Endorsements	839 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Native American/Alaska Native	3 Endorsements	3 Endorsements	4 Endorsements	4 Endorsements	14 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Other	0 Endorsements	1 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	1 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Refused	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements	0 Endorsements
Race/Ethnicity, Customized White or Caucasian	3 Endorsements	2 Endorsements	5 Endorsements	1 Endorsements	11 Endorsements
Region of Enrollment United States	219 participants	207 participants	210 participants	203 participants	839 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized cisgender Man	97 Participants	83 Participants	96 Participants	88 Participants	364 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized cisgender Woman	112 Participants	115 Participants	106 Participants	109 Participants	442 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized Non-binary	2 Participants	2 Participants	1 Participants	1 Participants	6 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized Other	1 Participants	3 Participants	5 Participants	2 Participants	11 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized Refused/Missing	5 Participants	4 Participants	2 Participants	1 Participants	12 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized transgender Man	1 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants	1 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized transgender Woman	1 Participants	0 Participants	0 Participants	2 Participants	3 Participants

Adverse events

Event type	EG000 affected / at risk	EG001 affected / at risk	EG002 affected / at risk	EG003 affected / at risk
deaths Total, all-cause mortality	0 / 219	0 / 207	0 / 210	0 / 203
other Total, other adverse events	0 / 219	0 / 207	0 / 210	0 / 203
serious Total, serious adverse events	0 / 219	0 / 207	0 / 210	0 / 203

Outcome results

Primary

Emotional Response - Afraid

Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9 scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotional response). Emotionality will be presented together summarizing the mean presentation of these emotions by the different groups.