Smoking
Conditions
Interventions
A novel, computerized cognitive training: ABC training
Sponsors
NWO (016.Veni.195.016)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible participants are smokers who want to quit smoking and who enrolled to receive smoking cessation help at WeQuit stop smoking service.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: There are no specific exclusion criteria for participation in the study, other than not being enrolled at WeQuit. Participants will be removed before analysis when they took part in fewer than 6 of the 12 ABC training sessions and/or when they took part in fewer than 5 of the 6 WeQuit therapy sessions. In addition, based on the 4 training blocks (of 12 trials each) in the training that have a response window we will remove participants who did not comply to the required response window in more than half of the trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of days that participants stay abstinent after their initial quit attempt (continuous). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Smoking urges (Questionnaire of Smoking Urges, QSU) - Number of cigarettes smoked per day (continuous) - A dichotomous measure of smoking cessation (i.e., 0=smokes 1=quit). Cessation will be measured with self-report survey questions for all participants and will be verified by using a collateral informant | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJorien Treur
University of Amsterdam
Outcome results
None listed