Mobile Application for Guided Imagery to Address Smoking, Diet and Physical Activity

Summary

Tobacco use among women now approaches that of men, with approximately 27 million women smokers in the United States alone. Women report greater difficulties quitting smoking and are more likely to relapse than men. In addition, tobacco use co-varies with poor dietary practices and lack of physical activity, with 92% of smokers reporting at least one other health risk factor. Concerns surrounding weight gain, negative body image, and low self-efficacy, may be key factors affecting smoking cessation among weight-concerned women smokers. Guided imagery has been successfully employed in separate lines of inquiry to address physical activity, diet and smoking cessation. However, guided imagery has not been employed to target weight concerned women who smoke or to simultaneously target smoking, diet, and exercise behavior in a single intervention. The proposed study would be the first of its kind to create a theory-based, guided imagery intervention to assist weight-concerned women smokers to quit. The use of a mobile app offers an innovative approach to addressing the multiple behaviors involved in smoking cessation efforts of weight-concerned women, and has the potential to reach large numbers of women smokers. The project aims to develop and test the feasibility of a mobile health application using guided imagery in order to increase smoking cessation among a population of weight-concerned women smokers.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

See Me Smoke-Free

See Me Smoke-Free is a multi-behavioral mobile application focusing on increasing smoking cessation, healthy eating, and moderate to intense physical activity. The app tracks the participant's quit date, and eating/physical activity goals. Participants have access to guided imagery audio files that they are instructed to listen to every day for at least 30 days. Participants can earn awards for meeting the study goals.

DEVICE

Smart phone

See Me Smoke-Free mHealth app delivered via a smart phone

Sponsors & Collaborators

• West Virginia University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Arizona

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Judith Gordon, PhD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-01-31

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2016-12-30