Brief Pain and Smoking Cessation Intervention in Adults With Chronic Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Psychoeducation; Behavioral: Brief smoking control arm

• Registration Number: NCT03616743
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

A brief smoking cessation intervention was developed to address smoking in the context of chronic pain to increase the intention to engage in smoking cessation treatment.

Detailed Description

The primary aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of a brief pain and smoking (BPS) cessation intervention on the willingness to consider quitting smoking in adults with chronic pain seeking treatment in a pain specialty outpatient clinic. The investigators hypothesized that participants randomized to the BPS intervention, relative to a brief non-tailored control smoking (BCS) intervention, would be more likely to self-report willingness to consider quitting smoking. Secondary aims included examining the effects of group allocation on the (1) interest in learning about smoking cessation programs; (2) willingness to consider scheduling a smoking cessation program; (3) scheduling a smoking cessation program; and (4) change scores of the Thoughts About Abstinence Scale (TAAS).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11-02
• Primary Completion: 2016-10-31
• Study Completion: 2016-10-31
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• age ≥18 years
• chronic pain of greater than 3 months duration
• smoke at least 10 cigarettes daily

Exclusion Criteria

• cancer-related pain
• current participation in a smoking abstinence program
• current self-guided attempt to reduce or abstain from smoking
• use of other forms of tobacco including pipe, cigar or chew
• history of schizophrenia or other chronic psychotic disorder
• history of a dementing illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Brief pain and smoking arm	Psychoeducation	The experimental arm incorporated a novel psychoeducational component that addressed associations between cigarette smoking and chronic pain
Brief smoking control arm	Brief smoking control arm	The brief smoking control arm was comprised of the "5A's" of smoking cessation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-report willingness to consider quitting smoking.	Immediate post-intervention assessment	Single question with a binary self-report answer of Yes/No.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thoughts About Abstinence Scale	Pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention assessments	The Thoughts About Abstinence Scale is a self-report questionnaire that assesses the desire to quit smoking, anticipated difficulty quitting, and anticipated success quitting smoking.