Tobacco Pilot Study for Low Income Smokers

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Tablet-guided tobacco intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03017092

A534252 (Other Identifier)

SMPH\MEDICINE\TOBACCO RE (Other Identifier)

2016-1442

1R35CA197573-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study to test feasibility of delivering a motivational smoking cessation intervention to low income smokers via a computer tablet.

Full description

Twenty Salvation Army clients will be recruited to pilot test a motivational smoking cessation counseling intervention that is delivered via a tablet computer. Study participants will be given brief instructions on how to use the tablet. They will then complete a brief survey on the tablet. This will be followed by the researcher using the tablet to provide the motivational intervention. Finally, study participants will be interviewed to establish this perceptions of the intervention.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• current smoker (≥ 10 cigarettes/week for the past six months who are not currently trying to quit)
• age ≥ 18 years
• English speaking/writing

Exclusion criteria

• not receiving services for the Salvation Army

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

tablet-guided

Experimental group

Description:

Study participants will be administered a brief tobacco intervention by a Salvation Army staff person who is guided by a tablet computer

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tablet-guided tobacco intervention