Social Support, Vaping
Conditions
Keywords
Vaping Cessation, Peer Support, Mentoring
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to understand the feasibility and acceptability of integrating peer mentoring into a social media-based intervention to help adolescents and young adults quit e-cigarette use.
Detailed description
This study is a one-arm pilot trial with adolescent and young adult e-cigarette users. This study tested a peer-mentored program to help teens and young adults quit vaping using social media. Participants joined one of two inter groups and received messages from a trained counselor over 5 weeks. Each group also included two peer mentors who had successfully quit vaping and offered support. Participants completed surveys before and after the program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALQuit the Hit (QTH) Program with Peer Mentoring
The QTH program delivered 1-3 evidence-based vaping cessation messages per weekday via Instagram over 5 weeks. Peer mentors, aged similarly to participants and who had successfully quit vaping, provided social support, encouragement, and one-on-one direct messaging.
Sponsors
University of California, San Francisco
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 29 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
for intervention participants: 1. English literacy; 2. aged 13 to 21; 3. use social media at least four days per week; 4. vape at least once per week in the past 30 days; 5. are considering or interested in quitting within the next six months or 30 days; and 6. resided in California. Inclusion criteria for peer mentors: 1. English literacy; 2. aged 18-29; 3. have quit e-cigarettes for more than 3 months; 4. are willing to participate in an approximately 2-hour online training and pass the test after training; and 5. will commit to provide support to help peers quit vaping in Instagram groups for 5 weeks (approximately 20 mins/day).
Exclusion criteria
for intervention participants: Individuals who do not meet the inclusion criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility: Engagement and retention | 5 Weeks | Engagement measured by number of posts and likes in the Instagram group. Retention defined as proportion completing the 5-week follow-up survey. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived Usefulness of Peer Mentoring | 5 Weeks | Perceived usefulness was assessed in the follow-up survey with 9 statements, measuring agreement using a 5-point Likert scale (1 disagree a lot to 5 agree a lot). Example items included "the peer mentors helped me quit vaping," "the peer mentors shared useful information on quitting," and "the peer mentors increased my confidence that I can quit." |
| Satisfaction with Peer Mentoring | 5 Weeks | Satisfaction with peer mentoring was assessed with six statements on the follow-up survey, measuring agreement using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = disagree a lot to 5 = agree a lot). Items included "I liked the peer mentoring in the program," "I felt comfortable with the messages I got from peer mentors," "the peer mentors sent messages at convenient times of day," etc. Additionally, participants rated their satisfaction with the quantity of peer mentor posts on a 5-point scale by responding to the item |
| Evaluation of the program | 5 Weeks | The overall evaluation of the peer mentored vaping cessation program was measured using four statements, measuring agreement on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = disagree a lot to 5 = agree a lot). The four items were "I would recommend this program to others", "The program gave me something new to think about", "I thought about what I read in the program", and "The program was easy to understand." |
| Self-Reported 7-Day Point Prevalent Abstinence (PPA) from vaping | 5 Weeks | 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA) will be assessed via the question about the number of days they used e-cigarettes in the past 7 days at the end of the intervention. Participants reporting no vaping in the past 7 days will be coded as abstinent. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPamela M Ling, MD
University of California, San Francisco
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORChen Joanne Lyu, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Outcome results
None listed