Study on the Effect of Digital Smoking Cessation Education Intervention on Outpatients

National Taiwan Normal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: 3D VR smoking cessation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07013084

C202005128

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to assess the novel approach of an immersive three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) smoking cessation program and its effectiveness on smoking outpatients

Full description

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted with 100 outpatients from a smoking cessation clinic in Taiwan. Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=50) or the comparison group (n=50) through a coin toss. The experimental group received standard outpatient smoking cessation services in combination with an immersive 3D VR smoking cessation program, while the comparison group received only standard outpatient services. The VR program included five interactive modules that used immersive scenarios to simulate smoking-related cues and provide educational content, employing cognitive-behavioral techniques and practicing coping strategies to promote behavior change.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently receiving outpatient care at the smoking cessation clinic
• self-reported current tobacco use
• aged between 20 and 64 years
• no participation in any smoking cessation intervention within the past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with medical contraindications that could prevent them from engaging with the VR equipment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

3D VR smoking cessation intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The program consists of five sequential VR modules, each structured as an interactive game scenario targeting specific aspects of smoking behavior and cessation motivation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 3D VR smoking cessation program

comparison group

No Intervention group

Description:

no 3D VR smoking cessation program intervention