Tobacco Use Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
smokeless tobacco cessation, social support, partner support
Brief summary
In an earlier study, the investigators developed a guidebook that taught women supportive behaviors to help their husbands/partners quit smokeless tobacco. This study will create a website using the information in the guidebook, along with interactive features, videos, and forums. The investigators will then conduct a randomized trial comparing an intervention group (receiving website access and the printed guidebook) with a delayed treatment control condition, to learn if the support intervention can effectively teach women supportive behaviors and thereby increase their partners' smokeless tobacco cessation rates.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMultimedia Support Intervention
Sponsors
Oregon Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* being the wife or female domestic partner (living together) of a male who is a current user of ST products (snuff or chewing tobacco) * interested in having him quit ST use * willing to provide a phone number, mailing address, and e-mail address * provides informed consent * the woman and the chewer are both U.S. or Canadian residents age 18 or older * the woman and the chewer are both able to read English * the woman and the chewer are both able to access a computer
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| smokeless tobacco cessation | 7.5-month follow-up | the male ST user's 6-month cessation as reported by the female partner |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tobacco quit attempts | 7.5 month follow-up | the male smokeless tobacco user's quit attempts, as reported by the female partner |
| supportive behaviors | 7.5 month follow-up | change in the female partner's supportive behaviors |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed