Usability Study of a Smoking Cessation Intervention During a Dental Cleaning

Boston University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Smoking, Cessation

Treatments: Other: Educational video; Other: Text-message program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04247061

1UG3DE028866 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

H-39053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this usability study is to pilot test the recruitment procedures, data acquisition methods, and text message program integration required to support the planning of a future clinical trial. Approximately 15 smokers who are patients of the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) patient treatment center and have an upcoming dental prophylaxis or scaling and root planing (henceforth referred to as 'teeth cleaning') appointment will be recruited. During the dental cleaning, participants will watch a brief educational video that provides guidance and advice on smoking cessation.

At the end of the dental appointment, participants will complete a survey about their experience watching the video and their attitudes towards smoking cessation. Participants will also receive other smoking cessation resources with instructions on how to access the services. Participants will then use the one-month text message program developed by the investigators to motivate and facilitate contact with the smoking cessation resources.

At the end of the one-month text message program, participants will complete a survey about their experience during the text message program, their smoking habits, and attitudes towards smoking cessation. The duration of the study will be approximately six-weeks.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be a patient of the Boston University, Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine patient treatment center
• Must have smoked 100 cigarettes or more (not e-cigarettes or vaping) in lifetime
• Must have smoked cigarettes (not e-cigarettes or vaping) 'most days' or 'every day' in the past week
• Must read and write fluently in English
• Must be willing to watch a video during the dental hygiene appointment
• Must have the visual capacity to watch a video
• Ability to wear in-ear headphones
• Must have a mobile phone capable of receiving and sending text messages (SMS)
• live in Greater Boston area for the next two months
• Have a cell phone carrier that can receive text message from our system

Exclusion criteria

-Planning to move out of the Greater Boston area within the next two months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 1 patient group

Smoking Cessation intervention

Experimental group

Description:

At a dental cleaning visit, participants will watch a brief educational video that provides guidance and advice on smoking cessation. Participants will then interact with a text program for a month to motivate them to use smoking cessation resources. Participants will also be required to make contact with the resources in order to demonstrate feasibility of study flow.

Treatment:

Other: Educational video

Other: Text-message program