Duration Adjustments in Scheduled Reduced Smoking

描述（由申请人提供）：二十年来，戒烟行为疗法的创新一直被药理学方法所掩盖。手持计算机化设备的出现已经迎来了对行为方法的兴趣的复苏，这些方法可以更好地服务于想要通过使用自我管理方法戒烟的吸烟者的巨大市场。监测使用情况、定制治疗、提供复杂的治疗方案和提供即时反馈的电子手段促进了巨大的进步。计划吸烟减少已被证明是非常有效的，当执行与技术设备。然而，开创性的研究采用了一个为期21天的三阶段降压方案，在基线数据收集周之后。 这种一刀切的任意协议是一个很好的开始，但是当它被定制为个体细微差别时，该协议可能会有两倍的有效性，正如我们在第一阶段所证明的那样。本研究将测试使用当前技术调整治疗持续时间的技术。该战略比较了用户对最新协议的遵守情况，并规定了旨在使用户参与这一过程的经常性路线修正。独特的设计，以执行减少算法，我们的计算机交互式通信将是这个方案的交付系统。该设备显著提高了精确使用数据收集和方案定制的标准。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Innovation in behavioral therapies for smoking cessation has been overshadowed by pharmacological approaches for two decades. The advent of handheld computerized devices has ushered in a resurgence of interest in behavioral approaches that can better serve the huge market of smokers who want to quit by using self-managed approaches. Great advances have been facilitated by electronic means of monitoring usage, tailoring treatments, delivering complex regimens, and giving instantaneous feedback. Scheduled smoking reduction has proven highly efficacious when executed with technological devices. Pioneering studies, however, employed a three-stage step-down regimen of 21 days, following a baseline data collection week. This one-size-fits-all, arbitrary protocol was an excellent start, but the protocol potentially has twice the effectiveness when it is customized to individual nuances, as we demonstrated in Phase I. This study will test a technique for adjusting treatment durations using current state technology. The strategy compares users' compliance with recent protocols and prescribes frequent course corrections that are designed to keep the user engaged in the process. Uniquely designed to perform reduction algorithms, our computerized interactive communicator will be the delivery system for this regimen. The device significantly raises the standards for precise usage data collection and regimen tailoring.