Pilot Randomized Trial of Brief Automated Smoking Cessation Intervention and Evaluation for Smokers Discharged From Hospital
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 158
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Complete Self-reported Tobacco Abstinence During the Prior 7 Days, as Reported on Telephone Interview, 28 Days After Discharge From Hospital (With Biochemical Verification in a Sub-sample, Exhaled Carbon-monoxide < 10 Parts Per Million).
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.
Detailed Description
Participants will be those who are hospitalized at Hershey Medical Center and are interested in help to stay quit when they leave the hospital.
Investigators
Jonathan Foulds
Professor
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Total length of hospital stay at least 24 hours
- •Free of cognitive impairment
- •Read and speak English
- •Smoked at least 20 cigarettes in 30 days prior to entering the hospital
- •Willing to give up all forms of tobacco
- •Has a cell phone capable of receiving text messages (cell phone is powered on and charged)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient has been admitted for a transplant
- •Patient has Intensive Care status
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Complete Self-reported Tobacco Abstinence During the Prior 7 Days, as Reported on Telephone Interview, 28 Days After Discharge From Hospital (With Biochemical Verification in a Sub-sample, Exhaled Carbon-monoxide < 10 Parts Per Million).
Time Frame: 28 days
Abstinence rate at 28 days
Secondary Outcomes
- Proportion of Participants Providing Smoking Cessation Status Via Text Message(28 days)