Community-based Mobile-assisted Brief Intervention for Smoking Cessation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21-80
SponsorNational University of Singapore

About this trial

The goal of this pilot trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile-assisted brief intervention for smoking cessation in community-based individuals in Singapore. Specific aims include:

1. To assess how many eligible individuals accept the invitation to participate in the trial 2. To assess the retention of the participants through 6 months after treatment initiation 3. To assess the acceptability of the intervention in terms of participants' engagement and ratings 4. To examine the intervention effect on abstinence outcomes

Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or control group and followed for 6 months from randomisation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Aged 21 to 80 years

Smoked at least one cigarette daily

Able to communicate and read in English or Chinese

Own a smartphone with WhatsApp installed

Disqualifiers

Exposed to any smoking cessation treatment in the past 3 months

Pregnant women

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Brief cessation advice + self-help booklet
  • Opt-out referral
  • Mobile chat messaging

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups