Mobile App for Smoking Cessation and Mental Health
Smoking Cessation, Mental Illness
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Smoking Cessation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- valid residential address to mail study materials
- earn a score ≥ 4 on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form (REALM-SF) indicating > 6th grade English literacy level (required to complete EMAs; at least 88% of all individuals screened for our EMA studies have met this inclusion criterion)
- willingness to quit smoking 7 days after the randomization phone call
- currently smoke ≥ 10 cigarettes per day
- willing and medically eligible to use combination NRT
- agree to complete daily EMAs and thrice-weekly CO tests on a study provided or personal smartphone
- agree to complete the 5-week post-quit follow-up assessment (i.e., smartphone based quantitative survey and qualitative interview via phone call).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals who score ≥ 8 on the Cognitive Impairment Test, which indicates severe cognitive impairment,
- Pregnant or intend to become pregnant during the study period.
Sites / Locations
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ServicesRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Experimental
Experimental
NCI QuitGuide and NRT
Smart-T Mental Health and NRT
Smart-T Mental Health+ and NRT
The National Cancer Institute's QuitGuide app is a free smartphone app and is one of few apps that includes many of the recommendations detailed in the Clinical Practice Guideline. The QuitGuide app aims to help smokers understand their smoking patterns and develop the skills needed to quit smoking. QuitGuide provides content during the pre-quit and post-quit periods to prepare and support participants during their quit attempt. All participants will receive free NRT.
Smart-T Mental Health provides smoking cessation and mental health content during the pre-quit and post-quit periods to prepare and support participants during their quit attempt. The Smart-T app contains multiple components including an EMA delivery and data transfer system, automated messages based upon EMA responses, and on-demand content. All participants will receive NRT.
Smart-T Mental Health provides smoking cessation and mental health content during the pre-quit and post-quit periods to prepare and support participants during their quit attempt. During the pre-quit and post-quit period, the app will also send messages that encourage the use of the nicotine patch and lozenges according to recommended practices. The Smart-T app contains multiple components including an EMA delivery and data transfer system, automated messages based upon EMA responses, and on-demand content. All participants will receive free NRT.