Mobile health interventions for smoking cessation services uptake and smoking cessation: a factorial randomised trial in Thailand
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN16022919 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN16022919 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | 1-3-106-2559 |
- Submission date
- 11/11/2016
- Registration date
- 23/11/2016
- Last edited
- 23/11/2016
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
Tobacco smoking is recognised as one of the leading health threats globally. In Thailand, support to quit smoking through the Thailand National Quitline (TNQ) is available free of charge to the public. The services offer behavioural counselling and a number of follow-up counselling calls. The latter service are only provided for smokers who set a quit date within a month however. Smokers who do not receive any additional support are unlikely to succeed in quitting smoking on their own compared to those who received the follow-up calls. Text messaging program to support behaviour change have been shown to help people quit smoking. Additional text messages to the TNQ services may help smokers change their mind and set a quit date with the TNQ. The aim of this study is to test whether motivational text messages improves uptake of TNQ smoking cessation service and increases the amount of people who manage to quit smoking. Eight different messages will be compared in order to find out which one is the most effective.
Who can participate?
Thai smokers who call the Thailand National Quitline and have not set a quit date within one month.
What does the study involve?
Participants are asked to complete an online questionnaire after they have agreed to take part. They are then randomly assigned to receive one of eight sets of text messages twice a day for 30 days. Participants may receive one of the following sets of messages:
1. Messages thanking participants for being part of project (contain no behaviour change)
2. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit
3. Messages aimed at increasing opportunity to support smoking cessation
4. Messages aimed at increasing motivation to quit
5. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit and opportunity to support smoking cessation
6. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit and motivation to quit
7. Messages aimed at increasing opportunity to support smoking cessation and motivation to quit
8. Messages aimed at all behavioural components
At the end of the first and sixth months, participants are asked to complete an online questionnaire, which will be similar to the questions asked at the start of the study. There are other channels to complete the questionnaires available for participants (by email or by post) who do not have access to internet. Some of participants are asked to come to a smoking cessation clinic to receive a free carbon monoxide test to confirm their smoking status.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There is no direct benefit from participating in this trial. The research team hope that participants will gain more knowledge about the harm of smoking and the benefits of quitting smoking. Information from this study may help improve the Thailand National Quitline in the future. There are no risks of physical injury or harm to participants. Participants may feel uncomfortable answering the questionnaires or may not wish to take a carbon monoxide breath test. Participants are free to opt out from the study at any time without any negative consequences.
Where will the study take place?
The study is run by Thailand National Quitline (Thailand)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
December 2015 to December 2017
Who is funding this study?
1. Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (Thailand)
2. Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thailand)
Who is the main contact?
Miss Pritaporn Kingkaew
umpk@leeds.ac.uk
Contact information
Public
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
University of Leeds
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
 ORCID ID |
0000-0003-2626-7806 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 746 621 5703 |
| umpk@leeds.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Single-centre factorial randomised controlled trial |
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| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Full factorial randomised trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Prevention |
| Participant information sheet | ISRCTN16022919_PIS_12Oct16_V4_English.pdf |
| Scientific title | Testing the combination of mobile health interventions for smoking cessation services uptake and smoking cessation: a factorial randomised trial in Thailand |
| Study hypothesis | The aim of this study is to test whether text messages aimed at different behavioural components (i.e. increase smokers’ capability to quit, increase opportunity to support smoking cessation, and increase smokers’ motivation to quit) improve smoking cessation rates. |
| Ethics approval(s) | 1. School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee (SoMREC) University of Leeds, 31/10/2016, ref: MREC16-001 2. Institute for the Development of Human Research Protections (IHRP) Thailand, 27/09/2016 |
| Condition | Smoking cessation |
| Intervention | Participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of the eight interventions in a 1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1 ratio. In order to avoid potential chance of imbalance across eight intervention groups, two stratification factors, age groups (3 strata including 18-30, 31-40 and above 40) and intention-to-quit smoking (2 strata including 1-5 and 6-10) will be used in this trial. Stratified permuted blocks within six strata will be produced prior to randomisation begins using computer-generated random schedule. 1. Messages thanking participants for being part of project (contain no behaviour change) 2. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit 3. Messages aimed at increasing opportunity to support smoking cessation 4. Messages aimed at increasing motivation to quit 5. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit and opportunity to support smoking cessation 6. Messages aimed at increasing smokers’ capability to quit and motivation to quit 7. Messages aimed at increasing opportunity to support smoking cessation and motivation to quit 8. Messages aimed at all behavioural components Participants will receive text messages through their mobile phone twice a day for 30 days. All participants will be asked to complete online questionnaires at baseline, 1-month follow up and 6-month follow-up. A simple random sample of 20% of participants living in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area will be asked to visit smoking cessation clinic for the carbon monoxide breath test at 6-months follow-up. |
| Intervention type | |
| Primary outcome measure | Abstinence is measured using a self-reporting questionnaire at baseline and 1 month. |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Abstinence is measured using self-reporting questionnaire across follow-up (baseline, 1-month and 6-months) 2. Abstinence is measured using self-reporting questionnaire with verification using expired air carbon monoxide (CO) test at 6 months 3. Setting of quit date is measured through self-reporting questionnaire across follow-up period (baseline, 1-month and 6-months) 4. Quality of life is measured using EQ-5D-5L across follow-up period (baseline, 1-month and 6-months) 5. Behaviour to support smoking cessation is measured using self-reporting questionnaire across follow-up period (baseline, 1-month and 6-month) 6. Intervention fidelity is measured by recording the number of text received and number of text read at 1-month follow up 7. Technology engagement e.g. shared text, statements about the programme, and request for subscription, is measured by self-reporting questionnaire at 1-month follow up |
| Overall study start date | 02/12/2015 |
| Overall study end date | 31/12/2017 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Healthy volunteer |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Lower age limit | 18 Years |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | Planned Sample Size: 1670, at least 208 in each arm (8 arms) |
| Participant inclusion criteria | 1. Smokers aged above 18 2. Received a single brief counselling session for smoking cessation from the TNQ and did not set a quit date within one month 3. Own a mobile phone with at least the ability to send and receive SMS text messages 4. Be able to read and write Thai 5. Provision of informed online consent |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Not meeting the inclusion criteria |
| Recruitment start date | 03/12/2016 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/06/2017 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Thailand
Study participating centre
Sri Ayudhya Rd
Phayathai
Rajthevee
Bangkok
10400
Thailand
Sponsor information
University/education
University of Leeds
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
England
United Kingdom
| Website | http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/lihs |
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"ROR" |
https://ror.org/024mrxd33 |
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
No information available
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 31/12/2018 |
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| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Available on request |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Manuscripts will be prepared for publication in peer-reviewed journals, aim to publish around one year after the trial end date. Conference presentations will be prepared and delivered at relevant conferences. |
| IPD sharing plan | The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are/will be available upon request from Miss Pritaporn Kingkaew (umpk@leeds.ac.uk or pritaporn.k@hitap.net) |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant information sheet | version V4 | 12/10/2016 | 23/11/2016 | No | Yes |
| Participant information sheet | version V2 | 22/09/2016 | 23/11/2016 | No | Yes |
Additional files
- ISRCTN16022919_PIS_12Oct16_V4_English.pdf
- Uploaded 23/11/2016
- ISRCTN16022919_PIS_22Sep16_V2_Thai.pdf
- Uploaded 23/11/2016
