Interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD) for Tobacco Dependence
This study is evaluating whether a video educational tool can help people quit smoking during radiation treatment.
See full descriptionAbout the trial for Tobacco Dependence
Treatment Groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. Interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD) is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
Eligibility
This trial is for patients born any sex aged 18 and older. There are 5 eligibility criteria to participate in this trial as listed below.
Approximate Timelines
Measurement Requirements
This trial is evaluating whether Interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD) will improve 4 primary outcomes and 2 secondary outcomes in patients with Tobacco Dependence. Measurement will happen over the course of Up to 3 months.
Patient Q & A Section
Is interactive mobile doctor (imd) typically used in combination with any other treatments?
This large analysis illustrates that the addition of imd to existing treatment options is used in combination with conventional treatments for nicotine dependence in smokers.
Can tobacco dependence be cured?
The concept of tobacco dependence as a non-curable disease is not supported and some progress has occurred in understanding the processes involved in addiction and relapse. These may serve as the basis for designing new, more effective and less harmful treatments. However the degree of tobacco dependence in which cigarette smokers are able to control will remain a challenging and contentious issue.
What is tobacco dependence?
The current study demonstrated the presence of several symptoms associated with tobacco dependence in this group of smokers. It is necessary to develop a tobacco dependence rehabilitation program.
What are the signs of tobacco dependence?
Most signs reported by smokers, who were diagnosed with tobacco dependence, were related to smoking for comfort rather than smoking for enjoyment, and were not in the presence of a cigarette in the past 12 months. Given the low likelihood of a formal diagnosis of tobacco dependence, additional research into signs of dependence is warranted, in order to identify individuals more susceptible to dependence.
How many people get tobacco dependence a year in the United States?
[2% of the US population gets tobacco dependence each year. In the US, tobacco dependence is the most prevalent form of alcohol or drug related problem. The majority and the strongest predisposing factor for tobacco dependence are smoking (65%) and alcohol use (33%) for men (41% and 33%) and [sic] women (43% and 27%) respectively\n
What are common treatments for tobacco dependence?
The majority of tobacco users seeking treatment have mild to moderate use. One method is to provide education about the dependence on nicotine and to enhance understanding of risks of use. For people who are interested in stopping or cutting down use, pharmacological options should be considered. Those who do not want pharmacotherapy and seek counseling for cessation are usually interested in behavioral and psychological interventions that are effective in promoting abstinence.
What causes tobacco dependence?
These experiments show that one of the cellular pathways for nicotine-induced addiction can be inhibited by two other psychoactive drugs-one that is primarily a stimulant and the other that is a monoamine reuptake inhibitor. The dependence produced by nicotine seems to be due to the activation of a second cellular pathway not inhibited by the other drugs, and not solely due to the activation of the same neural pathways which lead to the high anxiety and depression produced by nicotine.
What is interactive mobile doctor (imd)?
The Internet is being used widely in the United States, but we have yet to see extensive use of mobile devices to connect patients to health professionals. In the US in 2001, about 37% of health-care expenditures in the Medicare/Medicaid and Private Insurance sectors were attributable to physician office visits. [49 (37)%] According to a study, the total economic costs of this type of visit [10(8.4)% of total healthcare expenses by age, 13(10.2)% of total healthcare expenses by payer, 2002 Medicare population study] were more than $11 billion over 5 years.
What is the latest research for tobacco dependence?
A complex interplay exists among genetics, the immune system, and the body's nervous system in relation to the development of tobacco dependence. The molecular mechanisms are not yet understood; it is known that the immune system is very responsive to stressors and tobacco dependence is a stressor. As discussed in greater detail in the next section, stressors may be related or causative in this disease. It is also probable that stressors, like tobacco dependence, can be associated with changes in the immune system and, in the latter case, in the CNS. Tobacco dependence and stressors may be related, both directly and by virtue of their influencing the immune system, or of their changing the neural circuitry.
Have there been any new discoveries for treating tobacco dependence?
There is ongoing research to identify new targets in the pathophysiology of tobacco dependence. Furthermore, there are studies evaluating pharmacological interventions that have not reached a reliable decision at the end stage of clinical trials. These new discoveries may be the ultimate treatment for tobacco dependence.
How does interactive mobile doctor (imd) work?
Patient satisfaction was higher in the multimodal format in all study conditions with comparable improvement regardless of the modality of health-related behavior counseling. Future studies should determine the long-term effectiveness of health-related behavior counseling over the short term and evaluate long-term patient satisfaction with the new method of health-related behavior counseling for all other medical interventions.