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Design of a mobile application to help change smoking behavior among health students in Tunisia: A randomized controlled trial

Design of a mobile application to help change smoking behavior among health students in Tunisia: A randomized controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202411479266920
Enrollment
107
Registered
2024-11-18
Start date
2022-03-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

smoking behaviour

Interventions

application mobile and smoking behavior
Usual controls

Sponsors

myself
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - a daily cigarette smoker for at least 1 year, first-year students. - both sexes - Students Aged > 18 years - Students who agreed to participate in our study. - Students who provides informed consent online and a valid email address. - Students Owns a smartphone (Android) and has regular access to email.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - students suffering from severe psychiatric disorders with a neurological history; - students already engaged in a medically supervised quit attempt. - students with smartphones with an IOS operating system - students who do not agree to participate in the study despite a full explanation. - And additional exclusion criteria will be applied if students leave the application early or refuse to complete the forms.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
the rate of reduction in cigarette consumption at 24 months in the overall population by 50%. This was measured on the basis of all students' declarations of their smoking status by calculating the reduction rate defined as the number of cigarettes smoked at D0 - number of cigarettes smoked at 24 months/initial number of cigarettes at D0 * 100.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
March 2022 we began collecting data from the target population (intervention and control groups) prior to the intervention ;October 2022: we assessed smoking status after 6 months of intervention, using questionnaires to study smoking status and cravings for the intervention group. ;April 2023: after 12 months post-intervention, we assessed smoking status using questionnaires to study smoking status and cravings for the intervention group.

Countries

Tunisia

Contacts

Public Contactselma gallas

Public Health Nurse

gallas-salma@hotmail.fr52097948

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026