A Pilot Randomized Control Trial to Help Youth Smokers to Quit Smoking:

NCT ID: NCT03021655

Last Updated: 2020-11-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2022-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial including: (1) Adventure-based training intervention group, (2) WhatsApp intervention group and (3) Control group.

Detailed Description

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Depression and stress are obstacles of youth smokers to quit smoking, youth smokers who have positive thinking and less depression exhibited smoking abstinence at last. Adventure-based training could enhance participants' self-efficacy, self-esteem and also improve mental health of children and youth by doing physical activity. On the other hand, previous mobile phone-based studies (e.g. short messaging services or Apps) showed that the mental health of youth had been improved by providing instant response to the subjects when they felt depressed. A paper published recently proved that WhatsApp group could prevent relapse among the quitters. Thus, adventure-based training and social support in WhatsApp group would predict to reduce depression and stress so as to quit smoking in youth.

Conditions

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Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Adventure-based intervention group

Adventure-based intervention group included 1 day-camp and will be divided into 2 parts: (1) physical activity such as wall climbing, ropes course etc, (2) health education delivering about the relationship of self-efficacy, self-esteem, emotion and smoking abstinence. The training will be held before the 6-month follow-up. Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adventure-based intervention group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One-day adventure-based training will be assigned to subjects and the activities include wall climbing, rope course and health talk on mood, pressure management and smoking cessation.

WhatsApp intervention group

For WhatsApp intervention group, not more than 8 subjects with same gender will be assigned into a group. Messages about mood and stress management will be sent to the group per week and the group will last for 6 months. It aims to relieve their pressure and emotion by sharing their unhappy things with other subjects. Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

WhatsApp intervention group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A WhatsApp group will be opened for the subjects and we will send messages about mood and pressure management to them and encourage them to quit smoking. The subjects can share their unhappy things in the group.

Control group

For the control group, the subjects will receive telephone counseling on quitting smoking at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12- and 24-month.

Group Type OTHER

Control group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 24-month and smoking cessation counselling will be delivered to the subjects.

Interventions

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Adventure-based intervention group

One-day adventure-based training will be assigned to subjects and the activities include wall climbing, rope course and health talk on mood, pressure management and smoking cessation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

WhatsApp intervention group

A WhatsApp group will be opened for the subjects and we will send messages about mood and pressure management to them and encourage them to quit smoking. The subjects can share their unhappy things in the group.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control group

Telephone follow-up will be conducted at 1-week, 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 24-month and smoking cessation counselling will be delivered to the subjects.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hong Kong resident aged 25 or below
* Able to communicate, read and write in Cantonese/ Chinese
* Smoked in the past 30 days
* Mobile can access internet
* Would access internet through mobile or at home

Exclusion Criteria

* Have difficulty to communicate via telephone
* Ever used/using psychiatric drugs
* Physically disabled
* Having queries irrelevant to tobacco control
* Undergoing other smoking cessation service
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. LI William Ho Cheung

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ho-cheung Li, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Hong Kong

Locations

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The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Ho-cheung Li, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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William Li, PhD

Role: primary

852-39176634

Other Identifiers

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YouthQuitline_RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id