SmokefreeSGM, A Text-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Groups

Not Applicable

Completed

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to pretest the design of a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Smoke five or more cigarettes per day, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and smokes everyday
Have an interest in quitting smoking in the next 15 days
Have a cellphone number with an unlimited short messaging service (SMS) plan
Have US mailing and email addresses
Positive cotinine saliva test results

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals who are found to have a prepaid cell phone
Individuals who are found to have a cellphone number that does not work or is registered to someone else
Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Contraindication for nicotine patch
Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes
Current use of tobacco cessation medications
Enrolled in another smoking cessation study
Non-English speakers
Having inadequate equipment/device (webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Beta testing group	SmokefreeSGM	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Usability as Assessed by the System Usability Scale (SUS)	1 month after quit date	The 10-item System Usability Scale (SUS) was used to assess the usability of the SmokefreeSGM text messaging program. Total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating greater acceptability and a score above 75 indicating that the program is perceived as acceptable.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Engagement as Assessed by the Number of Text Messages Sent and Received by Study Participants After Enrollment.	1 month after enrollment	A participant's engagement rate was determined by dividing the total number of participant responses to the bidirectional text messages (numerator) by the total number of bidirectional text messages sent by the text-based platform (denominator). Participants who had rates ≤33.3% were classified as having low engagement, 33.3-66.6% moderate engagement, and ≥66.7% high engagement. Data are reported categorically as number of participants who have low, moderate, or high engagement.