1. Randomized controlled trial to assess the short-term effectiveness of tailored web- and text-based facilitation of smoking cessation in primary care (i Quit in Practice).
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Naughton, Felix, Jamison, James, Boase, Sue, Sloan, Melanie, Gilbert, Hazel, Prevost, A. Toby, Mason, Dan, Smith, Susan, Brimicombe, James, Evans, Robert, and Sutton, Stephen
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CHI-squared test ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,FISHER exact test ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PRIMARY health care ,RESEARCH funding ,HEALTH self-care ,SMOKING cessation ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,TEXT messages ,PILOT projects ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ODDS ratio - Abstract
Aims To estimate the short-term effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a smoking cessation intervention (the i Quit system) that consists of tailored printed and Short Message Service ( SMS) text message self-help delivered as an adjunct to cessation support in primary care to inform the design of a definitive trial. Design A stratified two parallel-group randomized controlled trial comparing usual care (control) with usual care plus the i Quit system (intervention), delivered by primary care nurses/healthcare assistants who were blinded to the allocation sequence. Setting Thirty-two general practice ( GP) surgeries in England, UK. Participants A total of 602 smokers initiating smoking cessation support from their local GP surgery were randomized (control n = 303, intervention n = 299). Measurements Primary outcome was self-reported 2-week point prevalence abstinence at 8 weeks follow-up. Secondary smoking outcomes and feasibility and acceptability measures were collected at 4 weeks after quit date, 8 weeks and 6 months follow-up. Findings There were no significant between-group differences in the primary outcome [control 40.3%, i Quit 45.2%; odds ratio ( OR) = 1.22, 95% confidence interval ( CI) = 0.88-1.69] or in secondary short-term smoking outcomes. Six-month prolonged abstinence was significantly higher in the i Quit arm (control 8.9%, i Quit 15.1%; OR = 1.81, 95% CI = 1.09-3.01). i Quit support took on average 7.7 minutes (standard deviation = 4.0) to deliver and 18.9% (95% CI = 14.8-23.7%) of intervention participants discontinued the text message support during the programme. Conclusions Tailored printed and text message self-help delivered alongside routine smoking cessation support in primary care does not significantly increase short-term abstinence, but may increase long-term abstinence and demonstrated feasibility and acceptability compared with routine cessation support alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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