NCT07013084

Study on the Effect of Digital Smoking Cessation Education Intervention on Outpatients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aimed to assess the novel approach of an immersive three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) smoking cessation program and its effectiveness on smoking outpatients

Detailed description

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted with 100 outpatients from a smoking cessation clinic in Taiwan. Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=50) or the comparison group (n=50) through a coin toss. The experimental group received standard outpatient smoking cessation services in combination with an immersive 3D VR smoking cessation program, while the comparison group received only standard outpatient services. The VR program included five interactive modules that used immersive scenarios to simulate smoking-related cues and provide educational content, employing cognitive-behavioral techniques and practicing coping strategies to promote behavior change.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	3D VR smoking cessation program	Participants in the experimental group engaged with the VR system using a head-mounted display, allowing for full immersion in the virtual environment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-12
• Primary completion: 2023-05-23
• Completion: 2023-12-04
• First posted: 2025-06-10
• Last updated: 2025-06-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan