COMPUTER ASSISTED SMOKING CESSATION TRIAL: PHASE 2

自助程序有机会协助大 大多数吸烟者想要戒烟，但更喜欢自己吸烟。 帮助临床项目。 最近，Health Innovations，Inc. 弗吉尼亚州雷斯顿的一家公司开发了一种信用卡大小的计算机， 帮助吸烟者戒烟。 LifeSign计划现已 在I期发育研究中进行了测试， 满意度和结果数据是有希望的：该系统现在 准备进行大规模的功效试验和实验性的 与目前可用的其他自助服务相比， 程序. 本研究的主要目的是测试 LifeSign生命体征戒烟计划在大规模临床 审判 本研究的其他目的是：a）评价依从性 以计算机为基础的戒烟计划作为一个简单的 自助计划; B）评估补充的影响 治疗师援助;以及c）确定LifeSign是否 该计划与其他自助方法相比毫不逊色。 将使用随机选择的500人组测试生命标志 吸烟者。 采用四组实验设计， 治疗和治疗师援助将比较生命体征 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.