scholarly journals Mobile Phone–Based Smoking-Cessation Intervention for Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

10.2196/12511 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e12511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Bendtsen ◽  
Catharina Linderoth ◽  
Preben Bendtsen
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cessation Intervention

scholarly journals Mobile Phone–Based Smoking-Cessation Intervention for Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Bendtsen ◽  
Catharina Linderoth ◽  
Preben Bendtsen
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation Intervention ◽  
Care Clinic ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Cessation Intervention

BACKGROUND Several large studies have shown that the risk of cardiovascular, respiratory, and wound-healing complications (including death) within 30 days of surgery is greater for smokers than for nonsmokers. However, there is evidence that even short-term perioperative smoking cessation may reduce postoperative morbidity. Over the past few years, it has become more evident that short message service (SMS)–based interventions can help individuals quit smoking. OBJECTIVE The overall aim of this project is to fill the knowledge gap on whether an SMS-based smoking-cessation intervention can be effective in helping patients stop smoking perioperatively. The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an SMS-based intervention on smoking behavior of patients undergoing elective surgery. METHODS A two-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial will be conducted at 20 surgical departments in southeast Sweden. Smokers undergoing elective surgery who own a mobile phone will be included. Power calculations indicate that it will be necessary to randomize 434 participants. One group will be given access to a novel 12-week SMS program, which includes daily SMS messages with behavior change–enforcing text content and hyperlinks to interactive modules, while the other group will not be given access to the intervention. Both groups will have access to the surgical departments’ current routine for smoking cessation prior to surgery. Primary outcome measures, prolonged abstinence, and point prevalence of smoking cessation will be measured through questionnaires at 3, 6, and 12 months after randomization. Logistic regression models adjusted using baseline characteristics will be explored to identify potential effects of the intervention. RESULTS Recruitment started in late October 2018 and is expected to last for a maximum of 30 months. The first results are expected to be available approximately 3 months after the final date of recruitment. CONCLUSIONS Owing to the structural problems and scarcity of time and resources, patients at most Swedish surgical departments are simply instructed to quit smoking, and perhaps, referred to a primary health care clinic. An SMS-based smoking-cessation aid can be effective in helping individuals quit smoking and is a very simple and time-efficient tool for surgical departments to use. CLINICALTRIAL ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN33869008; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN33869008 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPOR PRR1-10.2196/12511

scholarly journals A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Group Smoking Cessation Intervention for HIV-Infected Smokers

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson B. Moadel ◽  
Steven L. Bernstein ◽  
Robin J. Mermelstein ◽  
Julia H. Arnsten ◽  
Eileen H. Dolce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cessation Intervention

Randomized controlled trial of a midwife-delivered brief smoking cessation intervention in pregnancy

Addiction ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hajek ◽  
Robert West ◽  
Anne Lee ◽  
Jonathan Foulds ◽  
Lesley Owen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Smoking Cessation Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cessation Intervention ◽  
In Pregnancy
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