Text Messaging-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Homeless Youth

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking

Brief summary

Unaccompanied homeless youth smoke at much higher rates than non-homeless adolescents and young adults. Many homeless youth smokers are motivated to quit; yet, strategies specifically developed for this vulnerable population are lacking. This study will develop and pilot test a text messaging intervention (also known as a TMI) to help homeless youth quit smoking. Text messaging can provide ongoing support for homeless youth during a quit attempt, which is important given that these youth tend to be highly mobile and lack regular access to health services. Participants in this study will be homeless youth who currently smoke and are motivated to quit smoking. All participants will receive a 30-minute group-based smoking cessation counseling session and a nicotine replacement product. Half of these smokers will also receive the TMI, for 6 weeks following the group counseling session, which will provide ongoing support for quitting. The main goal of this study is to investigate whether receiving the TMI results in greater reductions in cigarette smoking over a 3-month period compared to receiving the group counseling session alone.

Eric R. Pedersen, Sebastian Linnemayr, William G. Shadel, Rushil Zutshi, Maria DeYoreo et al. (7 authors)

Nicotine & Tobacco Research2021-08-095 citations

10.1093/ntr/ntab160

Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Text Messaging-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness

Joan S. Tucker, Sebastian Linnemayr, Eric R. Pedersen, William G. Shadel, Rushil Zutshi et al. (7 authors)

Nicotine & Tobacco Research2021-04-1313 citations

10.1093/ntr/ntab055

Text Messaging Intervention for Young Smokers Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons Learned From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sebastian Linnemayr, Rushil Zutshi, William G. Shadel, Eric R. Pedersen, Maria DeYoreo et al. (6 authors)

JMIR mhealth and uhealth2021-02-2314 citations

10.2196/23989

A text message intervention for quitting cigarette smoking among young adults experiencing homelessness: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Joan S. Tucker, Eric R. Pedersen, Sebastian Linnemayr, William G. Shadel, Maria DeYoreo et al. (6 authors)

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice2020-02-1911 citations

10.1186/s13722-020-00187-6

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGroup counseling and nicotine replacement

Participants will receive a 30-minute group smoking cessation counseling session and a supply of nicotine replacement.

BEHAVIORALGroup counseling, nicotine replacement, and text messaging support

Participants will receive a 30-minute group smoking cessation counseling session, a supply of nicotine replacement, and the 6-week text messaging intervention to provide ongoing support for quitting

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* between ages of 18-25 * seeking services at one of the participating drop-in centers for homeless youth * smoked at least 5 cigarettes per day on at least 20 days in the past month * motivated to quit in next 30 days * has a cell phone to receive text messages and willing to receive text messages

Exclusion criteria

* currently pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant or breastfeed in the next 6 months * has a medical condition (based on self-report) which would prevent using the nicotine replacement product * used pharmacotherapy to reduce or stop smoking in the past 30 days * currently receiving other smoking cessation services

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
90 day continuous abstinence	90 days	Participants will self-report whether they have smoked any cigarettes between baseline and 3-month follow-up
7 day abstinence	7 days	Participants will self-report whether they have smoked any cigarettes in the past 7 days. Self-reported abstinence will be biochemically verified.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed