Smoking cessation, Relapse prevention, Attentional Retraining
Conditions
Interventions
ATTENTIONAL RETRAINING: Smokers will receive an internet-based attentional retraining. The training consists of trials in which participants are shown a smoking-related and neutral stimulus on screen.
Sponsors
Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Daily smokers, between the age of 18-65, willing to quit individually within one month after they sign in for participation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Being a non daily smoker; 2. Not being in the age of 18-65 years; 3. Not willing to quit within one month; 4. Using anti-depressiva, sleeping pills, soft or hard drugs; 5. Drinking more than 16 glasses of alcohol; 6. Being dyslectic; 7. Being color blind or not seeing well even with corrections; 8. Not understanding Dutch.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decrease in attentional bias is measured in the last session of the intervention. The bias is measured using attentional bias tasks. The behavioral effects are measured using questionnaires, by asking the participants about their smoking behavior. At the three, six and twelve months follow-up the effects on smoking abstinence are measured using questionnaires. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcomes are the results of a process evaluation on how the participants experienced participation to the study. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactIman Elfeddali
P.O. BOX 616
Outcome results
None listed