Testing the Decoy Effect to Increase Tobacco Treatment Uptake

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Smoking

Treatments: Other: Online survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04200157

18-00830

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prior research has shown that the context in which program options are presented to consumer impacts consumer choice (known as the 'decoy effect'). The aims of this study are to: (1) test whether the decoy effect can impact smokers' selection of hypothetical tobacco treatment options; (2) examine sociodemographic moderators of the decoy effect; and and (3) examine whether presenting the time and clinical effectiveness of of the different treatment options modifies the decoy effect.

Full description

The investigators will recruit and conduct a cross-sectional online survey through ResearchMatch (www.researchmatch.org) with 600 tobacco users across the country. The survey will ask participants for their preferences regarding hypothetical tobacco treatment programs. Participants will be randomized to 12 conditions (n=50 per condition). Each condition has a different combination of treatment options. The survey will also assess sociodemographics and tobacco use behaviors. All participants will be asked if they would like to receive information about the state's smoking cessation quitline. Participants who would like to receive information will be given the 1800-QUIT-NOW number and smokefree.gov website address.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-reported current tobacco use

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

600 participants in 12 patient groups

1

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions 2. 4 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

2

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions 2. 4 sessions 3. 7 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

3

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions 2. 7 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

4

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions 2. 7 sessions 3. 10 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

5

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) 2. 4 sessions (60 minutes)

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

6

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) 2. 4 sessions (60 minutes) 3. 7 sessions (105 minutes)

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

7

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) 2. 7 sessions (105 minutes)

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

8

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) 2. 7 sessions (105 minutes) 3. 10 sessions (150 minutes)

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

9

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) - 10% chance of quitting 2. 4 sessions (60 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

10

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) - 10% chance of quitting 2. 4 sessions (60 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting 3. 7 sessions (105 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

11

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) - 10% chance of quitting 2. 7 sessions (105 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting

Treatment:

Other: Online survey

12

Description:

Group assigned to the following answer combination: 1. 2 sessions (30 minutes) - 10% chance of quitting 2. 7 sessions (105 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting 3. 10 sessions (150 minutes) - 30% chance of quitting

Treatment:

Other: Online survey