Personalized support using instant messaging applications to increase smoking cessation in smokers proactively recruited from smoking hotspots in Hong Kong: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Grant Data
Project Title
Personalized support using instant messaging applications to increase smoking cessation in smokers proactively recruited from smoking hotspots in Hong Kong: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Principal Investigator
Professor Wang, Man Ping
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Cheung Yee Tak Derek
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Ho Daniel Sai Yin
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Wong Carlos King Ho
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Li William Ho Cheung
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Lee Jung Jae
(Co-Investigator)
Emeritus Professor Lam Tai Hing
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
24
Start Date
2018-10-01
Amount
581565
Conference Title
Personalized support using instant messaging applications to increase smoking cessation in smokers proactively recruited from smoking hotspots in Hong Kong: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Presentation Title
Keywords
brief intervention, community, instant messaging, smoking cessation
Discipline
Public Health,Nursing
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17111518
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2018
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To assess the main effect of the Intervention vs. Control group on biochemical validated smoking abstinence at 6-month and 12-month. (Primary) 2 To assess the effects on secondary outcomes (see abstract) at 6-month and 12-month. 3 To identify the mediators, which can inform mechanisms of the intervention on SC. 4 To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the above interventions. 5 To understand the effects subjects’ experience of IM support on SC using a qualitative study approach.