Cash Payment and Counseling During Pregnancy (MARS)

University Medicine Greifswald

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Incentives; Pregnancy Related; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Cash payment and brief behavioral counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04572178

Unimed

Details and patient eligibility

About

Smoking during pregnancy has harmful effects on both mother and unborn child. Studies have shown that small rewards can help smokers to quit. In our current study, we ask how such rewards are most effective in supporting smoking cessation in pregnancy.

Full description

We would like to include up to 15 pregnant women. Inclusion criteria are: (i) current pregnancy, between pregnancy week 15 and 23 and, (ii) current smoking of at least one cigarette per day. After an initial survey, the participating women are scheduled twice a week for counseling and evaluation of their smoking status.They will receive cash payment of 25 Euro if her carbon monoxide reading does not exceed the value "3", on two consecutive dates per week. A second survey will be conduced in pregnancy week 36 and a third survey, eight weeks postpartum.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current smoking, at least one cigarette per day
• Pregnancy, between pregnancy week 15 and 23

Exclusion criteria

• Inadequate language skills
• Cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Cash payment and brief behavioral counseling

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention consists of in person counseling and cash payment. The participants receive 25 Euro per week if they have succeeded in quitting smoking. Quitting smoking is evaluated by carbon monoxide measurements twice a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cash payment and brief behavioral counseling