Text Messaging for Supporting Quit Attempts
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use CessationTobacco Use Disorder
- Registration Number
- NCT02571244
- Lead Sponsor
- Federal University of Juiz de Fora
- Brief Summary
This study is a preliminary research aimed to compare the feasibility and effectiveness of motivational interview (MI), Personalized text messages (TM) and usual care for outpatients, with focus on smoking cessation as the main outcome. Smokers patients have received brief interventions and nicotine replacement therapy during the hospitalization. After discharge smokers were allocated into a intervention or control arm. In the first and third months, after randomization, the patients were contact to smoke abstinence assessment.
- Detailed Description
Background: Research suggests that smokers who receive treatment inside the hospital and post-discharge follow up for at least a month are more likely to quit smoking than those who didn't receive any intervention. The current challenge is to know the best way to support post-discharge quit attempts in the Brazilian context. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility and effectiveness of motivational interview (MI) plus Personalized text messages (TM) and usual care for support smoking cessation among post-discharge patients. Methods: All patients admitted to the University Hospital of Juiz de Fora (HU/UFJF), between 06/2015 to 01/2016, were asked about the cigarettes consumption in the last 30 days. Smokers patients received brief interventions and nicotine replacement therapy during the hospitalization. After hospitalization discharge smokers were allocated into a intervention or control arm. The intervention group received a singular MI session by phone and mobile phone TM twice a day during eight or fifteen days. The control group received only usual care available inside the hospital. Results: At the first and third months, after randomization, the patients were contacted for smoke abstinence assessment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
- Aged 18 years or older
- Smoked cigarettes in the last 30 days (even a puff)
- Have own mobile phone
- Have received at least one text message in the last year
- Have no problem with the mobile phone signal
- Don't have a mobile phone
- Unstable cognitive or physical condition
- Physical or breath contact restrictions
- Intensive care units
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self Reported Smoking Abstinence Smoking abstinence at the first month after randomization No smoking (even a puff) in the past 7 days at the first month follow up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self Reported Seek for Specialized Tobacco Treatment at the third month after randomization self reported seek for specialized tobacco treatment after hospitalization
Daily Cigarettes Consumption at 3 Months Among Continuing Smokers At the third month after randomization The experimental group self reported daily cigarettes consumption at the third month after randomization with be compared to the control group.
Self Reported Smoking Abstinence Smoking abstinence at the third month after randomization No smoking (even a puff) in the past 7 days at the third month after randomization.
Carbon Monoxide Verified Smoking Abstinence At third-month follow up Carbon Monoxide verified Smoking Abstinence at third-month follow up. Abstinence defined as Carbon Monoxide ≤ 6.
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Federal Hospital of Juiz de Fora
🇧🇷Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
University Federal Hospital of Juiz de Fora🇧🇷Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil