Penn State TXT2STAYQUIT Study- a Texting Study to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit

Penn State Health

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Motivational Text Messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02986711

40683

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.

Full description

Participants will be those who are hospitalized at Hershey Medical Center and are interested in help to stay quit when they leave the hospital.

Enrollment: 158 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Total length of hospital stay at least 24 hours
• Free of cognitive impairment
• Read and speak English
• Smoked at least 20 cigarettes in 30 days prior to entering the hospital
• Willing to give up all forms of tobacco
• Has a cell phone capable of receiving text messages (cell phone is powered on and charged)

Exclusion criteria

• Patient has been admitted for a transplant
• Patient has Intensive Care status

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

Motivational Text Messages

Experimental group

Description:

Motivational text messages to help participants stay quit when they leave the hospital.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Text Messages

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Text messages to ask about current smoking status.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control