Cargando…
A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment
Individual-level interventions for smokers unmotivated to quit remain scarce and have had limited success. Little is known about the potential of virtual reality (VR) for delivering messaging to smokers unmotivated to quit. This pilot trial aimed to assess the feasibility of recruitment and acceptab...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000060 |
_version_ | 1784889233975017472 |
---|---|
author | Perski, Olga Jambharunkar, Trupti Brown, Jamie Kale, Dimitra |
author_facet | Perski, Olga Jambharunkar, Trupti Brown, Jamie Kale, Dimitra |
author_sort | Perski, Olga |
collection | PubMed |
description | Individual-level interventions for smokers unmotivated to quit remain scarce and have had limited success. Little is known about the potential of virtual reality (VR) for delivering messaging to smokers unmotivated to quit. This pilot trial aimed to assess the feasibility of recruitment and acceptability of a brief, theory-informed VR scenario and estimate proximal quitting outcomes. Unmotivated smokers (recruited between February-August 2021) aged 18+ years who had access to, or were willing to receive via post, a VR headset were randomly assigned (1:1) using block randomisation to view the intervention (i.e., a hospital-based scenario with motivational stop smoking messaging) or a ‘sham’ VR scenario (i.e., a scenario about the human body without any smoking-specific messaging) with a researcher present via teleconferencing software. The primary outcome was feasibility of recruitment (i.e., achieving the target sample size of 60 participants within 3 months of recruitment). Secondary outcomes included acceptability (i.e., positive affective and cognitive attitudes), quitting self-efficacy and intention to stop smoking (i.e., clicking on a weblink with additional stop smoking information). We report point estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The study protocol was pre-registered (osf.io/95tus). A total of 60 participants were randomised within 6 months (intervention: n = 30; control: n = 30), 37 of whom were recruited within a 2-month period of active recruitment following an amendment to gift inexpensive (£7) cardboard VR headsets via post. The mean (SD) age of participants was 34.4 (12.1) years, with 46.7% identifying as female. The mean (SD) cigarettes smoked per day was 9.8 (7.2). The intervention (86.7%, 95% CI = 69.3%-96.2%) and control (93.3%, 95% CI = 77.9%-99.2%) scenarios were rated as acceptable. Quitting self-efficacy and intention to stop smoking in the intervention (13.3%, 95% CI = 3.7%-30.7%; 3.3%, 95% CI = 0.1%-17.2%) and control (26.7%, 95% CI = 12.3%-45.9%; 0%, 95% CI = 0%-11.6%) arm were comparable. The target sample size was not achieved within the feasibility window; however, an amendment to gift inexpensive headsets via post appeared feasible. The brief VR scenario appeared acceptable to smokers unmotivated to quit. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9931367 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Public Library of Science |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-99313672023-02-16 A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment Perski, Olga Jambharunkar, Trupti Brown, Jamie Kale, Dimitra PLOS Digit Health Research Article Individual-level interventions for smokers unmotivated to quit remain scarce and have had limited success. Little is known about the potential of virtual reality (VR) for delivering messaging to smokers unmotivated to quit. This pilot trial aimed to assess the feasibility of recruitment and acceptability of a brief, theory-informed VR scenario and estimate proximal quitting outcomes. Unmotivated smokers (recruited between February-August 2021) aged 18+ years who had access to, or were willing to receive via post, a VR headset were randomly assigned (1:1) using block randomisation to view the intervention (i.e., a hospital-based scenario with motivational stop smoking messaging) or a ‘sham’ VR scenario (i.e., a scenario about the human body without any smoking-specific messaging) with a researcher present via teleconferencing software. The primary outcome was feasibility of recruitment (i.e., achieving the target sample size of 60 participants within 3 months of recruitment). Secondary outcomes included acceptability (i.e., positive affective and cognitive attitudes), quitting self-efficacy and intention to stop smoking (i.e., clicking on a weblink with additional stop smoking information). We report point estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The study protocol was pre-registered (osf.io/95tus). A total of 60 participants were randomised within 6 months (intervention: n = 30; control: n = 30), 37 of whom were recruited within a 2-month period of active recruitment following an amendment to gift inexpensive (£7) cardboard VR headsets via post. The mean (SD) age of participants was 34.4 (12.1) years, with 46.7% identifying as female. The mean (SD) cigarettes smoked per day was 9.8 (7.2). The intervention (86.7%, 95% CI = 69.3%-96.2%) and control (93.3%, 95% CI = 77.9%-99.2%) scenarios were rated as acceptable. Quitting self-efficacy and intention to stop smoking in the intervention (13.3%, 95% CI = 3.7%-30.7%; 3.3%, 95% CI = 0.1%-17.2%) and control (26.7%, 95% CI = 12.3%-45.9%; 0%, 95% CI = 0%-11.6%) arm were comparable. The target sample size was not achieved within the feasibility window; however, an amendment to gift inexpensive headsets via post appeared feasible. The brief VR scenario appeared acceptable to smokers unmotivated to quit. Public Library of Science 2022-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9931367/ /pubmed/36812542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000060 Text en © 2022 Perski et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Perski, Olga Jambharunkar, Trupti Brown, Jamie Kale, Dimitra A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title | A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title_full | A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title_fullStr | A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title_full_unstemmed | A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title_short | A pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: Assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
title_sort | pilot randomised trial of a brief virtual reality scenario in smokers unmotivated to quit: assessing the feasibility of recruitment |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000060 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT perskiolga apilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT jambharunkartrupti apilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT brownjamie apilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT kaledimitra apilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT perskiolga pilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT jambharunkartrupti pilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT brownjamie pilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment AT kaledimitra pilotrandomisedtrialofabriefvirtualrealityscenarioinsmokersunmotivatedtoquitassessingthefeasibilityofrecruitment |