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Version 2 of the Smoking Cessation Smartphone App "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SiS)

NCT03951766 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2022-07-26

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Summary

The overall goal of this pilot study is to solicit feedback from nondaily smokers looking for smoking cessation support online (n=90) about Version 2 of a smartphone app investigators designed to support smoking cessation, and to test if within-person theorized mechanisms of change are occurring as participants undergo the app-assisted quit attempt. Data sources will be passively collected smartphone app usage data, surveys and, in a sub-sample (n=20), online video-conference user feedback sessions. Results will be used to guide the design of Version 3.0 of the "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SiS) smartphone app. Specifically, the aims of this study are to:

1. Assess ease-of-use and helpfulness of the app, as rated by app users 6 weeks after their chosen smoking cessation date
2. Test if within-person changes occur in theorized mechanisms of behavior change as nondaily smokers undergo a SiS app assisted quit attempt
3. Identify app features in need of improvement, as identified by passively recorded app usage patterns, REDCap open-ended survey items, and, in a sub-sample, user feedback sessions (n=20)

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking, Tobacco

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smiling Instead of Smoking (SiS) App Version 2

The investigators have developed a smartphone app that acts as a behavioral, in-the-pocket coach and uses positive psychology exercises to enhance quitting success. It is anonymous, portable, and provides just-in-time support, an important feature for smokers who smoke under specific conditions and circumstances. To support treatment, investigators use a positive psychology approach. The smartphone app administers positive psychology exercises to enhance and/or maintain positive affect, which is hypothesized to stimulate nondaily smokers to enact healthier alternatives to smoking by broadening their thought-action repertoire, increasing confidence, and decreasing craving and defensiveness about smoking-related health information.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Cancer Society, Inc.

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bettina B Hoeppner, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-24
Primary Completion
2020-01-08
Completion
2020-06-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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