Addressing Tobacco Use Disparities Through an Innovative Mobile Phone Intervention: The Text to Forgo Smokeless Tobacco
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smokeless Tobacco Cessation
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Ratings of Usefulness of the Intervention Received
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a Scheduled Gradual Reduction (SGR) intervention via Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging plus SMS Support Messages in decreasing smokeless tobacco use in a rural population.
Detailed Description
Participants will be randomized to either the Scheduled Gradual Reduction (SGR) group or the control group. All participants in both groups will complete surveys at the baseline, end of program, and 6 month time points. All participants in both groups will also receive supportive counseling text messages at various times during the day over a period of 4 weeks. Participants assigned to the SGR intervention group will receive their intervention, in addition to the supportive counseling messages received by the control group, via text message over a period of four weeks. Participants will initially report their smokeless tobacco use according to their usual habit, and over the course of the intervention be directed via text message precise times to start and stop each instance of smokeless tobacco use, gradually reducing the occurrences of use.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Over 18 years of age
- •Have used smokeless tobacco for the last year, currently (past 30 days) uses smokeless tobacco daily, and use of at least one or more tins/cans per week
- •Have an address in a rural census tract defined by a RUCA code of 4-
- •Interested in participating in a cessation program
- •Have access to a cell phone with unlimited texting ability and have knowledge of text messaging
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-English speaking
- •Have smoked cigarettes or used any other tobacco product in the past 30 days (i.e., dual user)
- •Currently participating in a smokeless tobacco cessation study
- •Family member participating in a smokeless tobacco cessation study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Ratings of Usefulness of the Intervention Received
Time Frame: 1 month
Ratings will be assessed via patient questionnaire.
Quit Rate at 1 month
Time Frame: 1 month
Quit rate will be assessed by participant self report via questionnaires. Participants will also be asked to provide a saliva sample to check for nicotine if they report that they have quit using smokeless tobacco.
Proportion of Return Text Messages sent in Response to SGR Intervention
Time Frame: 1 month
Assessed via text history
Proportion of Support Messages Read by Participants
Time Frame: 1 month
Self-report
Quit Rate at 6 Months
Time Frame: 6 months
Quit rate will be assessed by participant self report via questionnaires. Participants will also be asked to provide a saliva sample to check for nicotine if they report that they have quit using smokeless tobacco.