Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Among Korean Americans (CFCHKA)

University of California (UC), Berkeley

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: high reinforcement cessation program; Behavioral: low reinforcement cessation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02584127

CFCHKA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the effectiveness of an internet-based smoking cessation program for Korean Americans.

Full description

Smoking is prevalent among Korean American men. Quitting is Winning, an internet-based, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program, was developed using community-based participatory research principles.

A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate whether participants were more likely to complete the program and quit smoking at 6-month follow-up with additional reinforcement including financial incentives for program completion and interim surveys.

Enrollment: 405 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-identified Korean American ethnicity
• age 18 years or older
• daily smoker (i.e., smoked at least one cigarette per day during the previous seven days)
• current U.S. resident
• valid email address
• regular internet access.

Exclusion Criteria: None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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405 participants in 2 patient groups

High reinforcement cessation program

Experimental group

Description:

The High Reinforcement (HR) condition included five monthly, online interim surveys with financial incentives for these assessments and also for program completion. All participants completed an eligibility survey and a baseline survey. All participants were offered a financial incentive to complete the six-monh followup survey. All participants were provided access to a six step, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program self-administered online.

Treatment:

Behavioral: high reinforcement cessation program

Low reinforcement cessation program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the Low Reinforcement (LR) condition participants completed an eligibility survey and a baseline survey. All participants were offered a financial incentive to complete the six-monh followup survey. All participants were provided access to a six step, cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation program self-administered online.

Treatment:

Behavioral: low reinforcement cessation program