mHealth for Smoking Cessation in Public Housing

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Passive quitline referral; Behavioral: Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages

• Registration Number: NCT04657250
• Lead Sponsor: George Washington University

Brief Summary

Smoking rates among public housing residents are more than twice as high as in the general population. In August 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required all public housing in the U.S. to become smoke-free. While HUD recommended that Public Housing Authorities provide smoking cessations services, at present, the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) does not offer any cessation services to its residents. Low-income smokers face unique challenges to smoking cessation and require sustained support for smoking cessation. Digital interventions such as text messaging programs and quitline (QL) phone counseling are scalable, evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation that can provide support over an extended timeframe at low cost.

The aim of this proposed research is to conduct a feasibility trial to assess the acceptability, levels of engagement, and preliminary efficacy of an integrated program that combines text-messaging for smoking cessation and text messages providing proactive linkage to the quitline compared to a single passive quitline text message referral among DCHA residents. The investigators hypothesize that the integrated program (combining text messages for smoking cessation and proactive quitline linkage) will yield significantly higher rates of quit attempts than passive quitline referral only.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-26
• Study First Submitted: 2020-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-07-31
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years or older
• resident of D.C. public housing
• smoked a cigarette in the 7 days prior to screening (self-report)
• has daily access to a working cell phone with an unlimited text message plan

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Passive quitline referral	Passive quitline referral	Single text message with contact information for the Quitline
Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages	Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages	Text messaging for smoking cessation + text messages with proactive linkage to quitline

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of participants making a quit attempt	3 months	not smoking for 24 hours or more because trying to quit smoking

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of cigarettes smoked per day	3 months	change in number of cigarettes smoked per day between baseline and follow-up
Proportion of participants who quit smoking	3 months	self reported 7 day point prevalence abstinence

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

George Washington University; 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States