CompletedNot Applicable

APPSPIRE App in Preventing Students From Smoking

United States30 participantsStarted 2013-10-16

Plain-language summary

This trial studies how well APPSPIRE, a smartphone app, works in preventing students from smoking. Technology-driven intervention programs, such as the APPSPIRE app, have the potential to increase access to health behavior treatments and therapies, such as tobacco cessation support, and provide effective prevention messaging.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 24 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Student at Houston Community College (HCC) * Speak and read English * Own an iPhone * Be enrolled in at least one class at HCC * Provide current contact information * Smoke 1 or more cigarettes a day (cessation group) * Have access to the internet (cessation and prevention/advocacy groups) * Evidence of smoking susceptibility as defined by the Smoking Susceptibility Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Does not plan to continue as a student at their campus sometime during the year of the study (cessation and prevention/advocacy groups) * Current tobacco use (prevention/advocacy group)

What they're measuring

Frequency of APPSPIRE application (app) use

Timeframe: Up to 4 months

The Feasibility of the tobacco control program.

Timeframe: Up to 4 months

The Completeness with the Percentages of Participants surveyed.

Timeframe: Up to 4 months

The extent of completion for the modules AppSPIRE.

Timeframe: Up to 4 months

The Stages of the Change Scale

Timeframe: Baseline up to 4 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01967082

SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-01-08

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