Development of a Videogame Prototype Targeting Cigarette and Marijuana Smoking, and Tobacco Product Prevention Among Young Adolescents (smokeScreen)

Smoking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Development of a Videogame Prototype Targeting Cigarette and Marijuana Smoking, and Tobacco Product Prevention Among Young Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03722888
• Other study ID #: 140103293_IV
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 25, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this sub-study is to learn more about how an educational videogame can feasibly be implemented and disseminated in youth programs.

Description:

The specific aims of this sub-study are:

Specific Aim #1: Work with game development team to develop a web-based version of smokeSCREEN.

Specific Aim # 2: Build a pre-post survey into the smokeSCREEN game to anonymously collect survey information on players' perspectives, beliefs, behaviors around smoking.

Specific Aim # 3: Collaborate with youth programs to pilot test the implementation of the new web-based version of smokeSCREEN into youth programs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 23, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 11 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Include individuals who have smoked a cigarette previously (since we are evaluating the use of tobacco products in this study, we are including individuals who have previously smoked a cigarette)

• Willing to sit at a computer/tablet/smartphone and play a video game for 45-60 minutes and answer questions before and after playing the video game.

• Be enrolled in a youth program that we have a partnership with.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not fit the inclusion criteria.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking

Intervention

Device:
• smokeSCREEN video game
smokeSCREEN video game is web-based videogame intervention focused on tobacco use prevention in teens. The game has 1.5-2 hours of unique game play and focuses on combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco products.smokeSCREEN. Guided by the social cognitive theory and the theory of planned behavior, smokeSCREEN addresses a range of challenges that teens often face involving peer pressure and the use of tobacco products. Participants are provided access to the smokeSCREEN game through a private, password-protected website link and instructed to complete the game.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hamden Youth Center	Hamden	Connecticut
United States	Farnam Neighborhood House	New Haven	Connecticut
United States	Leadership, Education, and Athletics Partnership (LEAP) Inc.	New Haven	Connecticut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.	Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software) and then played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 response choices ranging from very unlikely to very likely.	baseline
Primary	To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' beliefs involving tobacco product use - post test survey.	Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), after they have played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on beliefs about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the survey. For beliefs, questions had 4-5 choices ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree or definitely yes to definitely not, or 5 response choices ranging from very unlikely to very likely.	immediately after game play is completed
Primary	To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - pre test survey.	Participants completed a pre-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).	baseline
Primary	To determine the impact of a web-based prevention videogame intervention prototype, smokeSCREEN, on participants' knowledge involving tobacco product use - post test survey.	Participants completed a post-survey through a secured, data collection website (Qualtrics Data Collection Software), played the videogame intervention. Fourteen questions were designed from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (2014)13 that focused on knowledge about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco were used for the surveys. For knowledge, questions had 3 response choices (yes, not, and not sure).	immediately after game play is completed
Secondary	To collect data on participants' gameplay experience and satisfaction.	The post-test survey included an additional 5 items on game experience and satisfaction from items designed for a previous videogame study on sexual risk reduction in young adolescents (e.g., "I would tell my friends to play this game," 4 response choices, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree).	immediately after game play is completed