Tobacco Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
tobacco, quitlines, social support, mobile support
Brief summary
This pilot study is being done to adapt an effective 1 session phone coaching intervention for nonsmoking support persons to a low income population. This study will also pilot new intervention components including text messaging and health incentives. The goal of the intervention is for support persons to prompt their smoker to use quitline services. To see if these methods are effective, smokers in this study will be asked to complete assessments about their quit attempts and smoking status. The study will also evaluate if the smokers use quitline services or not. The preliminary findings will be used to provide data for an R01 NIH grant submission.
Detailed description
This is a proposal to conduct a pilot study to adapt an effective 1 session phone coaching intervention for nonsmoking support persons to a low income population. The study will also pilot new intervention components including text messaging and health incentives. The goal of the intervention is for support persons to prompt their smoker to use quitline services. The study will also build on prior work by enrolling smokers for assessments of quit attempts and smoking abstinence. The study uses a non-randomized, single group design. Thirty nonsmoker-smoker dyads will be enrolled in three waves of 10 each. The nonsmokers will receive different intervention components depending on the time of their enrollment. Nonsmokers will complete assessments at baseline and at 1 month follow-up. Smokers will be enrolled for assessments only at baseline and 3 month follow-up. The vendor for the Minnesota state quitline, Alere Wellbeing Inc. (a sole subsidiary of Optum) will track if smokers use quitline services over 3 months of follow-up. The aims of this pilot study are to: (1) Assess the feasibility of enrolling low income, racially diverse nonsmoker-smoker dyads; (2) Adapt and refine the support person intervention components to a low income population with feedback from the nonsmoker participants; and (3) Assess the feasibility of obtaining assessments from the smokers on quit attempts and smoking abstinence outcomes. The preliminary findings will be used to provide data for an R01 NIH grant submission.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTelephone counseling 1 session
1 call coaching session for nonsmokers that will be piloted and adapted in this study
BEHAVIORALMobile texting
nonsmokers will receive 3-5 text messages for 4 weeks
BEHAVIORALHealth incentive
Smokers receive a $25 gift card if they call the quitline
Sponsors
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Nonsmoker Inclusion Criteria: * Minnesota resident * 18 years of age or older * Is a never smoker or former smoker (no cigarette smoking in past 6 months) * Has a low income defined as receiving state funded health insurance including medical assistance (e.g., Medicaid) or MinnesotaCare * Has access to a working cellular telephone with text messaging capabilities * Has a mailing address/P.O. box * Have regular contact with a current smoker is at least 18 years of age, resides in MN * Provided verbal consent Nonsmoker
Exclusion criteria
* Their smoker does not provide written informed consent Smoker Study Inclusion Criteria: * Minnesota resident * 18 years of age or older * Has a low income defined as receiving state funded health insurance including medical assistance (e.g., Medicaid) or MinnesotaCare * Has access to a working phone * Has a mailing address/P.O. box * Has smoked at least 1 cigarette in the past 30 days (to include both light/intermittent as well as daily/frequent smokers thus enhancing generalizability) * Has not participated in a stop smoking program in the past 3 months including receiving pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation * Provided written informed consent Smoker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of low-income nonsmoker-smoker dyads at 1 month follow-up | 1 month | feasibility of retaining low-income nonsmoker-smoker dyads at the 1 month follow-up |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed