A Focus Group Study to Explore Smoking Triggers and Acceptability of Just-in-time Adaptive Intervent

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Behaviors; Smoking; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Focus Group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05231421

19-2555.cc

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research intends to identify common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking; understand useful and effective strategies for smoking cessation; and explore the feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone-based interventions among low-income smokers.

Full description

This research intends to identify common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking; understand useful and effective strategies for smoking cessation; and explore the feasibility and acceptability of mobile phone-based interventions among low-income smokers.

Specific research questions of this research project are:

1. What are the common smoking triggers and barriers to quitting smoking for low-income smokers?
2. What are the preferred and useful smoking cessation strategies based on low-income smokers quitting experience?
3. What is the feasibility and acceptability of using a) text messages, b) virtual reality programs, and c) just-in-time adaptive smoking cessation interventions among low-income smokers?

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. between 18 and 89 years old
2. current smokers
3. reside in Denver Metropolitan Area
4. have a personal cell phone
5. have a household income at or lower than 200% of the federal poverty level; and
6. ability to read and speak English or Spanish (since a large proportion of the low-SES population in Denver are Spanish speakers).

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to provide informed consent;
2. age ≥ 89 years;
3. unable to speak or understand English, or Spanish.

Trial design

2 participants in 1 patient group

Low-income smokers

Description:

Interested participants will first complete a screening survey asking about their demographic information and checking whether are eligible for this study. If eligible, participants will read a consent statement. Only those who give consent would be allowed to proceed. If participants agree to be in this study, they will continue to participate in the study and schedule a time for focus group discussion.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Focus Group