| Title: |
Differences in Presenting Health Warning Labels on Hookah Venue Menus Between Immersive Virtual Reality and Online Surveys. |
| Authors: |
Cruz-Cano, Raul1 (AUTHOR) raulcruz@iu.edu, Shi, Rui2 (AUTHOR), Parker, Maria A.1 (AUTHOR), Kidanu, Azieb W.3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Substance Use & Misuse. 2024, Vol. 59 Issue 13, p1972-1980. 9p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*LABELS, *HEALTH information services, *IN vitro studies, *INSTANT messaging, *HEALTH attitudes, *SECONDARY analysis, *SMOKING, *CONSUMER attitudes, *INTERNET, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *VIRTUAL reality, *SURVEYS, *PACKAGING, *HEALTH behavior, *INTENTION, *TOBACCO products, *COMPARATIVE studies, *PUBLIC health, *MEDICINE information services |
| Abstract: |
Background: Virtual reality (VR) platforms can simulate the real world, whereas online surveys are efficient settings for assessing and testing information. In this study, the effects of presenting health warning labels (HWLs) on hookah venue menus were compared between these two message-testing settings. Methods: Separate studies were conducted in VR (n = 96) and online survey (n = 213) settings. Participants in both studies were randomly assigned to view menus with or without HWLs. This secondary data analysis compared outcomes between settings after propensity score weighting to account for differences in age, race, marital status, and education between studies. Results: Significant between-study differences were noted for the effects of HWLs on people's perceptions of the absolute harm of hookah smoking (p = 0.0363), the relative harm of hookah compared to cigarettes (p < 0.001), the absolute addictiveness of hookah (p < 0.001), and the relative addictiveness of hookah compared to cigarettes (p = 0.0352). When outcome variables differed significantly between the HWL and control conditions in only one of the two studies, smaller p-values were identified for the online survey setting than for the VR setting. Conclusions: This study represents the first direct comparison of the effects of hookah HWLs between two message-testing settings. HWLs tested in the online survey setting were associated with larger shifts in attitudes and beliefs than those tested in the VR setting, suggesting that the effectiveness of hookah HWLs on attitudes and beliefs may be moderated by the message-testing platform. Additional real-world experiments remain necessary to determine whether either setting can accurately assess the effectiveness of HWLs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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