Smoking Cessation
Conditions
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).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPsychoeducation
Psychoeducation about the links between smoking and chronic pain.
BEHAVIORALBrief smoking control arm
Psychoeducation about the general adverse effects of smoking.
Sponsors
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Randomized controlled trial.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-report willingness to consider quitting smoking. | Immediate post-intervention assessment | Single question with a binary self-report answer of Yes/No. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Outcome results
None listed