Chatbot Counselling for Smoking Cessation in Youths

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Peer counselling; Behavioral: Chatbot counselling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06470776

20212551

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot trial is to develop and examine the trial feasibility and acceptability of a chatbot for smoking cessation in youth smokers. Specific aims include:

1. To assess how many youth smokers accept the invitation to participate in the trial
2. To assess the retention of the participants through 6 months after treatment initiation
3. To assess the acceptability of the chatbot in terms of participants' compliance and usability rating of the chatbot.
4. To estimate the intervention effect on abstinence outcomes
5. To explore the participants' perception and experiences in the chatbot

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Hong Kong residents aged 25 years or younger
2. Used a tobacco product in the past 30 days, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, etc.
3. Able to communicate in Chinese
4. Own a smartphone with internet access

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed with a mental disease or on regular psychotropic drugs, or
2. Participating in other ongoing smoking cessation studies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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154 participants in 2 patient groups

Chatbot counselling

Experimental group

Description:

Smoking cessation counselling delivered by chatbot

Treatment:

Behavioral: Chatbot counselling

Peer counselling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Smoking cessation counselling delivered by peer counsellors

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer counselling