Motivational Incentives to Reduce Secondhand Smoke in NICU Infants' Homes

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Neonatal Infants

Treatments

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing plus Incentives

Behavioral: Conventional Care (CC)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT01726062

HSC-MS-11-0641

1R01HL107404-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized, controlled, parallel group design will be used to test whether a Secondhand Smoke Exposure program initiated in the hospital and completed in the home using motivational interviewing plus motivational incentives (MI+) is more effective than Conventional Care (CC) with Neonatal Incentives Care Unit Infants' parents.

Enrollment

360 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Have an infant that is at least 1 week prior to the estimated date of hospital discharge in the NICU at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (CMHH)
Report at least one person living in the home who smokes
Agree to attend intervention sessions and to invite other household members
Live within 50 miles of our center
Have access to a telephone.

Exclusion criteria

Severe cognitive, and/or psychiatric impairment, per judgment of NICU and research staff, that precludes cooperation with study protocol
Inability to read, write, and speak English or Spanish
Inability or unwillingness to provide signed consent for participation
Inability or unwillingness to meet study requirements, including home visits for data collection and intervention purposes.