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Benefits of using video calls compared to using a cell phone app on the rate of smoking cessation, post-stop symptoms and levels of Anxiety and Depression

Efficacy of synchronous call center compared to the use of cell phone application in Smoking Cessation Rate, Withdrawal Syndrome and Anxiety and Depression level

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7xvpbw3
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-02-22
Start date
2021-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Smoking

Interventions

Smokers will be recruited through social media. Participants will answer questions through online forms (Google Forms) prepared by the researchers themselves, and it is not necessary to use a physical

Sponsors

Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE)
Lead Sponsor
Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE)
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study will include individuals over 18 years of age, of both sexes, smokers for at least 1 year, including smokers of tobacco derivatives such as string cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and water pipes (hookahs), without reports of severe psychiatric morbidities. , such as schizophrenia or bipolarity previously diagnosed, literate and able cognitively to answer the evaluations and questionnaires of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals with an IOS smartphone that are incompatible with the app and who abandon treatment during the study will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected that the Synchronous Telephone Service Group (G1) will obtain a higher rate of smoking cessation (self-report) when compared to the Application Group (G2).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected that the Synchronous Telephone Service Group (G1) obtain a lower score in the anxiety and depression questionnaire (HADS) when compared to the application group (G2).;The Synchronous Call Center (G1) Group is expected to obtain a lower score on the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (WSWS) withdrawal syndrome questionnaire when compared to the Application Group (G2).

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMilena ;Bruna Ferreira ;Medina

;

milenamenddes@hotmail.com;brunamedina18@gmail.com+55-18-99773-8718.;+55-18-99747-5133

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)