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Purpose

The purpose of the study is to explores various psycho-social, physiological, cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors that may affect the association between pulmonary status and Susceptibility to Electronic Cigarette Use

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

Pulmonary Are 18 years of age or older. Attend outpatient Pulmonary clinic at UAB Diagnosed with a pulmonary disease Speak English as primary language Are medically stable and without psychiatric disorders. Signed Informed consent Healthy Are 18 years of age or older. Free from any pulmonary disease Report good to excellent general health Speak English as primary language Signed Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Pulmonary Are younger than 18 years of age Do not attend the outpatient pulmonary clinic at UAB (pulmonary group) Report current e-cigarette use Are non-English speakers Have unstable medical or psychiatric disorders as determined by the assigned medical doctor (pulmonary group) Refuse to sign the informed consent Healthy Are younger than 18 years of age Report any pulmonary diseases (control group) Report fair to poor general health (control group) Report current e-cigarette use Are non-English speakers Refuse to sign the informed consent

Study Design

Phase
Study Type
Observational
Observational Model
Cohort
Time Perspective
Cross-Sectional

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Pulmonary Group Pulmonary Group who have evidence of pulmonary diseases
  • Other: Pulmonary Group
    Data collection will be obtained on the day an individual has an appointment at the pulmonary clinic. After patients meet with their pulmonary physicians, the physicians will inform them about the study and explain that participation is voluntary. If a patient agrees, the researcher will provide copies of the questionnaires and again clarify that participation is voluntary. The workflow of the clinic will not be interrupted while the researcher conducts the study, and he will only ask participants to fill out the questionnaires if they have enough time to participate.
Healthy Control Health Group who have no evidence of pulmonary diseases
  • Other: Healthy Control
    The second group will be recruited as a control group consisting of healthy adult participants through purposive convenience sampling at other collaborating UAB sites. The principal investigator will collect self-report responses through a questionnaire packet given to anyone willing to participate in the study

More Details

Status
Completed
Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Contact

Detailed Description

In this study self-report questionnaires will be distributed and it should take between 20-25 minutes. Participants will be be asked questions related to smoking history, e-cigarette use, psychosocial factors, behavioral factors, environmental factors, and cognitive factors. There is also an option of taking a web-based survey, Qualtrics® (Qualtrics, Provo, UT), if they do not have enough time to complete the surveys at this time. The online version of the questionnaires will be sent to the one week from now. There is also a follow-up 5 minutes call with 6 months after today to follow-up with any change regarding to e-cigarette use.

Notice

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