Text Messaging for Supporting Quit Attempts

NCT02571244 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 0022.420.000-11
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a preliminary research aimed to compare the feasibility and effectiveness of motivational interview (MI), Personalized text messages (TM) and usual care for outpatients, with focus on smoking cessation as the main outcome. Smokers patients have received brief interventions and nicotine replacement therapy during the hospitalization. After discharge smokers were allocated into a intervention or control arm. In the first and third months, after randomization, the patients were contact to smoke abstinence assessment.

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder

Keywords

Tobacco Use Disorder; Hospitalized patients; Text message; Motivational Interview; Substance-Related Disorders; Behaviors and Mental Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Self Reported Smoking Abstinence

  No smoking (even a puff) in the past 7 days at the first month follow up.

  Smoking abstinence at the first month after randomization

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Daily Cigarettes Consumption at 3 Months Among Continuing Smokers

  At the third month after randomization

• Self Reported Seek for Specialized Tobacco Treatment

  at the third month after randomization

• Self Reported Smoking Abstinence

  Smoking abstinence at the third month after randomization

• Carbon Monoxide Verified Smoking Abstinence

  At third-month follow up

Study Arms (2)

Motivational Interview plus text message

EXPERIMENTAL

Inside the hospital: All participants have received the written materials. Patients with high tobacco dependence (Fagerstrom screening test score 5 or higher) have received also Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). The written materials provided information on benefits of quitting and strategies for a successful quit plan, including information on relapse prevention. Post discharge extended treatment: Participants in this arm have received a telephone counseling session using a motivational interviewing approach and fifteen or eight days of text messages. The timing, duration, and content of the counseling session were consistent with guideline-based recommendations.

Behavioral: Motivational Interview plus text message

Control Arm

NO INTERVENTION

Inside the hospital: All participants have receive the written materials. Patients with high tobacco dependence (Fagerstrom screening test score 5 or higher) have received also Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). The written materials provided information on benefits of quitting and strategies for a successful quit plan, including information on relapse prevention. Post discharge extended care: None

Interventions

Motivational Interview plus text message BEHAVIORAL

After discharge the experimental group has received extended care including a counseling session and text messages. The session provided basic information about smoking and successful quitting. The counselor has used motivational interview techniques to build coping skills with the goal of helping the participant build and implement a quit plan. The focus was to increase motivation to make quit attempt, including confidence building, medication use, and cessation planning. The session lasted approximately 30 minutes. Participants in the experimental arm were offered up to 30 text messages to help them to implement the quit plan discussed during the phone call. Patients motivated to quit in the next 30 days or those that had already quit have received 30 messages (2 per day) and patients unwilling to quit 16 (2 per day). The messages followed the self efficacy theory.

Motivational Interview plus text message

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 18 years or older
• Smoked cigarettes in the last 30 days (even a puff)
• Have own mobile phone
• Have received at least one text message in the last year
• Have no problem with the mobile phone signal

You may not qualify if:

• Don't have a mobile phone
• Unstable cognitive or physical condition
• Physical or breath contact restrictions
• Intensive care units

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Juiz de Fora: lead
• University of Kansas: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Federal Hospital of Juiz de Fora

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, 36038-330, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder; Substance-Related Disorders; Behavior; Mental Disorders

Interventions

Motivational Interviewing

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Chemically-Induced Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Directive Counseling; Counseling; Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Erica Cruvinel
• Organization: Federal University of Juiz de Fora/Brazil

ericacruvinel@gmail.com

55-32-99174-8855

Study Officials

• Erica Cruvinel, MD

  Federal University of Juiz de Fora

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master degree, PhD student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 24, 2015
• First Posted: October 8, 2015
• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 8, 2016
• Last Updated: July 30, 2018
• Results First Posted: July 30, 2018

Record last verified: 2017-10

Locations

BR (1)