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Instant Messaging Reinforcement for Smoking Cessation Counseling Training

NCT06374082 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2025-04-25

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Summary

This research aims to assess the impact of instant messaging reinforcement on the learning outcomes of smoking cessation counseling (SCC) training among master of nursing (MN) students at the University of Hong Kong. The hypotheses suggest that this reinforcement can enhance students' SCC knowledge and techniques, improve their perception of SCC, and increase their application of SCC in clinical work.

The study is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a 1:1 allocation ratio, using WhatsApp Messenger (WhatsApp) messages for intervention and control groups. The intervention group receives messages related to SCC, while the control group receives generic mental health information. The subjects are MN students enrolled in the "Tobacco Dependency Nursing Intervention and Management" course.

The study uses various tools for measurement, including Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and Providers Smoking Cessation Training Evaluation (ProSCiTE). The main outcome measures include SCC practice frequency, SCC knowledge score, SCC attitude score, and SCC practice score.

Data analysis will be performed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), using descriptive statistics, intention-to-treat analysis, Chi-square and t-tests, Cohen's d for effect size, and linear mixed models. The expected results suggest that instant messaging reinforcement will enhance SCC knowledge, attitude, and practice among MN students.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation Counseling Ability
  • Smoking Cessation Counseling Practice

Interventions

OTHER

WhatsApp message

Participants in the intervention group will receive 3 WhatsApp messages per week for six weeks after attending the standardized course training "Tobacco Dependency Nursing Intervention and Management (NURS8205)". These messages are about the core content of the course, including (1) Knowledge Themes: harmfulness of smoking and benefits of quitting, the fundamentals of nicotine addiction, smoking cessation counselling with the 5A model, and pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation; (2) Attitude Themes: nurses' role in smoking cessation and the importance of smoking cessation; and (3) Practice Themes: practical advice on counseling techniques, communication skills by motivational interviewing, local smoking cessation resources for referral. Participants in the control group will receive 3 WhatsApp messages about generic mental health information per week for six weeks after attending the standardized course training "Tobacco Dependency Nursing Intervention and Management (NURS8205)".

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Derek Yee Tak CHEUNG, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-26
Primary Completion
2024-08-26
Completion
2024-11-26

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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