A Photoaging Mobile App Promoting Poster Campaign for Preventing Smoking in Secondary Schools

NCT ID: NCT02544360

Last Updated: 2016-07-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-30

Study Completion Date

2018-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaigns are effective to reduce smoking prevalence among adolescents in Germany. This is measured via questionnaire.

Detailed Description

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This RCT will investigate a novel mean of school-based tobacco prevention: Photoaging app promoting poster campaigns. The effects are measured via questionnaire.

Conditions

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Tobacco Addiction Smoking Related Diseases Adolescent Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Schools in this arm receive a photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign revealing the effects of smoking on the users face via a self portrait (i.e. a "selfie").

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Schools in this arm receive a photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign revealing the effects of smoking on the users face via a self portrait (i.e. a "selfie").

Control

The control group consists of schools participating in the survey but not receiving the intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign.

Schools in this arm receive a photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign revealing the effects of smoking on the users face via a self portrait (i.e. a "selfie").

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students from Germany aged 9 to 14 years at baseline attending grades six and seven of regular German secondary schools (such as grammar, general, intermediate or comprehensive school) are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

* Older or younger pupils or pupils from other school types or countries or schools who previously participated in an event where the Smokerface app was presented are not eligible.
Minimum Eligible Age

9 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Heidelberg University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Goethe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universität Duisburg-Essen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Harvard University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Medical Center Goettingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Freiburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Bonn

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Technical University of Munich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Homburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

German Center for Lung Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The German Heart Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Giessen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Titus J. Brinker

MD candidate

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Titus J Brinker

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Giessen

Locations

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University of Gießen

Giessen, Hesse, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Brinker TJ, Seeger W. Photoaging Mobile Apps: A Novel Opportunity for Smoking Cessation? J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jul 27;17(7):e186. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4792. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26215210 (View on PubMed)

Brinker TJ, Holzapfel J, Baudson TG, Sies K, Jakob L, Baumert HM, Heckl M, Cirac A, Suhre JL, Mathes V, Fries FN, Spielmann H, Rigotti N, Seeger W, Herth F, Groneberg DA, Raupach T, Gall H, Bauer C, Marek P, Batra A, Harrison CH, Taha L, Owczarek A, Hofmann FJ, Thomas R, Mons U, Kreuter M. Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics. BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 7;6(11):e014288. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014288.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27821601 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.jmir.org/2015/7/e186/

Description of the app we use.

Other Identifiers

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040890

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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