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. 2021 May 31;2021(5):CD012932. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932.pub2

Kim 2017.

Study name Harnessing Facebook for smoking reduction and cessation interventions: Facebook user engagement and social support predict smoking reduction
Methods RCT
Participants Smokers between 18‐65 years of age and living in the USA.
Interventions Intervention: participants were encouraged to share their thoughts and progress and support their peers on Facebook. A professional clinical expert joined the group to provide guidance and anti‐smoking materials were posted by the research team.
Intervention: MTurk‐only condition not described.
Control: email only.
Outcomes Main: self‐reported smoking reduction.
Secondary: anti‐smoking attitudes, readiness to quit, motivation to quit, self‐efficacy, perceived social support.
Starting date November 2015
Contact information Sunny Jung Kim
Phone: 1‐603‐646‐7041
Email: sunny.j.kim@dartmouth.edu
Notes Published paper currently only reports outcomes for the Facebook group. We contacted the authors who said that a paper reporting outcomes for all groups was being submitted.