A Pilot Randomized Control Trial to Help Youth Smokers to Quit Smoking:
NCT ID: NCT03021655
Last Updated: 2020-11-04
Study Results
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
300 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-12-31
2022-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 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
* Ever used/using psychiatric drugs
* Physically disabled
* Having queries irrelevant to tobacco control
* Undergoing other smoking cessation service
12 Years
25 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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The University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr. LI William Ho Cheung
Associate Professor
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
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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YouthQuitline_RCT
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id