Tobacco-Focused Patient Navigation to Address Barriers to Utilization of Community-Based Smoking Cessation Services in Primary Care
Completed
- Conditions
- Minority Smokers
- Registration Number
- NCT01678118
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
Patient navigators have been shown to assist people seeking cancer screening and other medical services. The purpose of this study is to see whether a patient navigator can link smokers to available community resources shown to help smokers quit smoking.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Self-reported current daily smoker, as verified with a portable alveolar carbon monoxide (CO) analyzer (24 hour point prevalence); CO levels ≥ 8 ppm.
- English and/or Spanish-speaking
- Referred to the navigation program by their primary care clinician
- At baseline, participants report at least thinking about quitting (i.e., Contemplation or Preparation stages of readiness to quit).
Exclusion Criteria
- Serious, untreated psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia,) or active substance abuse likely to preclude adherence to the protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patient navigation (TPN) feasibility 1 year To evaluate the study's potential in terms of its reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM) of the intervention, tobacco-dependent patients will be asked to complete an intake interview and a telephone follow-up interview (at 3 to 6 months post-intervention).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Heritage Health Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Heritage Health Center🇺🇸New York, New York, United States