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| Name | Class |
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| The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health | OTHER |
| University Hospital of North Norway | OTHER |
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention delivered through a technological web based platform (www.slutta.no) with or without a supportive SMS function.
The study has two arms and are conducted in Norwegian. Users who registered with a new username on www.slutta.no, after study start May 12th 2010 and before November 1st 2012, are eligible. All phases of the trial, from randomization and informed consent procedures to data collection, are automated and conducted online. The following inclusion criteria are used: age 16 years or older, access to a mobile phone with a Norwegian phone number and they must submit an informed consent form.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Internet-based coaching . | Active Comparator | Arm 1. Those in the "active comparator arm" will benefit from automated internet-based coaching. The subjects will be recruited from the general population reporting not to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 1 or 2. |
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| SMS based coaching | Experimental | Arm 2. The subjects will receive automated "coaching"by SMS.The subjects will be recruited from the general population reporting not to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 1 or 2. |
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| SMS coaching UNN recruited | Experimental | Arm 3.The subjects will be recruited from those reporting to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 3 or 4. |
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| Craving/Panic function. UNN recruited | Experimental | Arm 4. The subjects will in addition to the automated "coaching"by SMS get a SMS panic/craving function. The subjects will be recruited from subjects reporting to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 3 or 4. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Internet-based behavioral coaching | Device | Those in the "active comparator arm" will benefit from automated coaching by e-mails with advice, information and support for smoking cessation. These e-mails will be adapted to their personal profile. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Comparison of the percentage of abstinent people between the arms of the trial,1,3,6 and 12 months after self-reported smoking cessation date | The investigators will compare the percentage of smokers who successfully quit. Point prevalence abstinence will be measured (not smoking, event a puff, in the week preceding the questioning). | 30 months after inclusion |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Comparison between the arms of the trial regarding visits, time logged in, used elements of the website and overall adherence period. | Number of visits to the website, time logged in, used elements of the website and adherence to the program will be measured utilizing the registrations on the server. | 30 months after inclusion |
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Inclusion Criteria (all arms):
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Inger T Gram, MD, PhD | University of Tromso | Principal Investigator |
| Bjørn Engum | University Hospital of North Norway | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University Hospital of North Norway | Tromsø | 9038 | Norway |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 31573935 | Derived | Gram IT, Larbi D, Wangberg SC. Comparing the Efficacy of an Identical, Tailored Smoking Cessation Intervention Delivered by Mobile Text Messaging Versus Email: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Sep 27;7(9):e12137. doi: 10.2196/12137. |
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| SMS based coaching | Device | Those in the experimental SMS based coaching arm will benefit from automated coaching by SMS with advice, information and support for smoking cessation. These SMS's will be adapted to their personal profile. |
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| SMS coaching - UNN recruited | Device | Those in the experimental SMS based coaching arm- UNN recruited - will benefit from automated coaching by SMS with advice, information and support for smoking cessation. These SMS's will be adapted to their personal profile. |
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| SMS craving function - UNN recruited | Device | Those in the experimental SMS based craving/panic function arm - will in addition to the automated coaching by SMS have a panic/craving SMS function. Thus by sending a SMS they will receive instant advise and support for smoking cessation by SMS. |
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| Comparison between the arms of the trial regarding satisfaction with website and mobile text messages at the time of the 4 questionnaires |
The 4 questionnaires comprise questions regarding satisfaction with website or text messages for the different arms depending om which device they have been utilizing. |
| 30 months after inclusion |
| 28 days of continuous smoking prevalence at 6 months after selfreported smoking cessation date | Comparison between the four arms regarding self-reported 28 days continuous smoking abstinence through questionnaire | 6 months after selfreported smoking cessation date |
| Selfreported involvement in any vehicle crashes during the last 6 months | Involvement in any vehicle crashes (this is the only rare adverse health effects of using a mobile phone)during the 6 months after selfreported smoking cessation date. | 6 months after selfreported smoking cessation date |
| ID | Term |
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| D016540 | Smoking Cessation |
| D012907 | Smoking |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D015438 | Health Behavior |
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