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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Text Messaging-based Shisha Smoking Cessation Intervention
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a culture specific text-messaging based shisha smoking cessation intervention for young adults in Hong Kong. Participants in the intervention group will receive smartphone text messaging-based intervention and support that contained personalised messages with both text and visual elements over 6 weeks under a manualised programme. Participants in the control group will only receive a leaflet about the health risks of shisha smoking (the exact identical contents received by the participants in the intervention group at a session). All participants will complete a self-administered questionnaire at baseline, 6th- and 12th-week on their self-reported shisha abstinences, knowledge on risk, readiness to quit and attitudes on shisha smoking
Official title: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Text Messaging-based Shisha Smoking Cessation Intervention for Young Adults in Hong Kong: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 35 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2025-07-20
Completion Date
2026-07
Last Updated
2025-07-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
text-messaging based intervention
The 6-week, culture specific, text-messaging based cessation intervention for young adults in Hong Kong consists of 6 sessions: 1) Programme overview, 2) Psychoeducation on the health risks, 3) Social support, 4) Stress management, 5) Craving and withdrawal symptoms management, and 6) Summary and relapse prevention.
Locations (1)
Room 212, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong, Hong Kong