Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
Postpartum women
Brief summary
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a tailored text message program to support smoking abstinence among postpartum women who smoke or recently quit.
Detailed description
This pilot trial will evaluate a text message intervention (Moms Quit) to be initiated with postpartum women within one month of delivery. Moms Quit is a tailored program to support smoking abstinence among new mothers who are either current smokers or quit during their most recent pregnancy. Investigators will randomize 30 postpartum women, stratified by recent/current smoking status, into Moms Quit versus vs. CONTROL. Investigators hypothesize that participants receiving Moms Quit will have, on average, a significantly longer period of self-reported prolonged abstinence compared to CONTROL.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMoms Quit
Participants will receive text messages tailored on (1) current smoking status and (2) intention to quit/remain quit. Message content includes supportive messaging for child and self-care, relapse prevention, and smoking cessation. Women who are ready to quit will receive messages from the SmokeFreeText library.
BEHAVIORALText4Baby
Text4Baby is a free, publicly available text messaging program that provides information about nutrition, safe sleep tips, baby's milestones, signs and symptoms of labor, doctor visit and appointment reminders, breastfeeding advice, car seat safety, information on health insurance, urgent health alerts, and resource hotlines and websites.
Sponsors
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
University of Kansas Medical Center
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
* Less than one month postpartum * Live delivery * Smoked at least 100 cigarettes/lifetime * Smoked anytime during their most recent pregnancy * English-speaking * Own a mobile phone * Provide an email address * Willing to receive intervention-related texts * Willing to complete surveys * Willing to provide a saliva sample at the end of the study
Exclusion criteria
* Women whose pregnancy did not result in live birth * On a 7-point scale, participant indicates that they are not interested in quitting or staying quit in the next 6 months (Not at all = 1).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Days abstinent in the past 30 days | 12 weeks post-randomization | Self-reported abstinence in the past 30 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7 day point prevalence abstinence | 12 weeks post-randomization | Biochemically verified 7 day point prevalence abstinence using salivary cotinine with a 13ng/ml cut off |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed