COMPUTER ASSISTED SMOKING CESSATION TRIAL: PHASE 2

自助程序有机会帮助一个 大多数想戒烟但更喜欢自我戒烟的吸烟者 帮助开展以临床为基础的项目。最近，健康创新公司。 维吉尼亚州的雷斯顿开发了一种信用卡大小的计算机 协助吸烟者戒烟。LifeSign计划现在已经 在第一阶段发育研究和最初吸烟者中进行了测试 满意度和结果数据令人振奋：该系统现在 准备进行大规模疗效试验和试验性试验 与目前可用的替代自助服务进行比较 程序。 本研究的主要目的是测试 LifeSign戒烟计划在大规模临床中的应用 审判。本研究的其他目的是：a)评估遵守情况 以计算机为基础的戒烟程序是一种简单的 自助计划；b)评估补充计划的影响 治疗师协助；以及c)确定LifeSign 与其他自助方式相比，该计划更具优势。 LifeSign将通过随机选择的500人小组进行测试 吸烟者。四组不同类型的试验设计 治疗和治疗师的帮助将比较生活签约 计划与广泛分布的ALA自助计划。

Self-help procedures have the opportunity to assist a large majority of smokers who want to stop smoking but prefer self- help to clinic-based programs. Recently, Health Innovations, Inc. of Reston Virginia has developd a credit card size computer to assist smokers in quitting smoking. The LifeSign Program has now been tested in a Phase I developmental study and initial smoker satisfaction and outcome data were promising: The system is now ready for a large scale efficacy trial and an experimental comparison with presently available, alternative self-help programs. The major objective of the present study is to test the efficacy of the LifeSign Smoking Cessation Program in a large scale clinical trial. Other purposes of this study are: a) to evaluate compliance with the computer-based smoking cessation program as a simple self-help program; b) evaluate the impact of supplemental therapist assistance; and c) determine whether the LifeSign Program compares favorably with other self-help approaches. The LifeSign will be tested using a randomly selected group of 500 smokers. A four group experimental design varying type of treatment and therapist assistance will compare the LifeSign Program with the widely distributed ALA self-help program.