Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
mobile phone, mHealth, text messaging
Brief summary
Smoking rates among public housing residents are more than twice as high as in the general population. In August 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required all public housing in the U.S. to become smoke-free. While HUD recommended that Public Housing Authorities provide smoking cessations services, at present, the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) does not offer any cessation services to its residents. Low-income smokers face unique challenges to smoking cessation and require sustained support for smoking cessation. Digital interventions such as text messaging programs and quitline (QL) phone counseling are scalable, evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation that can provide support over an extended timeframe at low cost. The aim of this proposed research is to conduct a feasibility trial to assess the acceptability, levels of engagement, and preliminary efficacy of an integrated program that combines text-messaging for smoking cessation and text messages providing proactive linkage to the quitline compared to a single passive quitline text message referral among DCHA residents. The investigators hypothesize that the integrated program (combining text messages for smoking cessation and proactive quitline linkage) will yield significantly higher rates of quit attempts than passive quitline referral only.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSmoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages
Smoking cessation text messages will provide behavioral skills and support for quitting smoking. Quitline linkage text messages will include contact information for the quitline, option to be contacted by the quitline and active referral to the quitline upon setting a Quit Date.
BEHAVIORALPassive quitline referral
Single text message with contact information for the Quitline
Sponsors
George Washington University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years or older * resident of D.C. public housing * smoked a cigarette in the 7 days prior to screening (self-report) * has daily access to a working cell phone with an unlimited text message plan
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of participants making a quit attempt | 3 months | not smoking for 24 hours or more because trying to quit smoking |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of participants who quit smoking | 3 months | self reported 7 day point prevalence abstinence |
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | 3 months | change in number of cigarettes smoked per day between baseline and follow-up |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed