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。手持电脑设备的出现使人们重新对行为方法产生了兴趣，这种方法可以更好地服务于希望通过自我管理方法戒烟的庞大市场。电子手段监测使用情况、定制治疗方法、提供复杂的治疗方案以及提供即时反馈，促进了巨大的进步。事实证明，采用科技手段实施的有计划的减少吸烟措施非常有效。然而，开创性的研究采用了21天的三阶段降压方案，在基线数据收集周之后。这种一刀切的任意方案是一个很好的开始，但正如我们在第一阶段所展示的那样，当方案针对个体细微差别进行定制时，该方案的有效性可能会增加一倍。这项研究将测试一种使用当前状态技术调整治疗持续时间的技术。该策略比较了用户对最新协议的遵从性，并规定了经常的路线修正，旨在使用户参与到该过程中。我们的计算机交互式通信器设计独特，用于执行减少算法，将成为该方案的交付系统。该设备大大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.