Quit & Fit 2.0: Feasibility and Usability Testing

Hackensack Meridian Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Active Content Newsletter or Passive Content Newsletter; Behavioral: Culturally-tailored Tobacco Treatment; Behavioral: Control Preference Scale; Behavioral: Culturally-tailored Content Newsletters

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05878990

Pro2022-0894

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot randomized controlled trial to compare tobacco cessation rates of two arms: a 6-week culturally tailored tobacco cessation intervention versus a 6-week personalized culturally-tailored tobacco cessation intervention among African American women.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-identify as an African American woman
• Currently smoke 5 cigarettes per day or more
• Has smoked daily for the past one year
• Able to provide informed consent
• Generally good health as determined by medical history

Exclusion criteria

• Currently pregnant
• Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease
• Diagnosis of lung disease
• Diagnosis of mental illness
• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• Prisoners

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 2 patient groups

Culturally-tailored Tobacco Treatment Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Upon consent, participants will complete a baseline survey, receive the home Carbon monoxide monitor and instructions on how to use, and be scheduled for weekly telephone calls with a certified tobacco treatment specialist (CTTS) for 6 weeks. The culturally-tailored tobacco intervention content by week via telephone call with the CTTS includes among others: Reasons and Motivations for Quitting, Benefits of Quitting, Stress Management and Discussion about Environmental Influences. Participants will also receive weekly Culturally-tailored Content Newsletters emailed after their weekly cessation counseling session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Culturally-tailored Content Newsletters

Behavioral: Culturally-tailored Tobacco Treatment

Preference-Driven Culturally-tailored Tobacco Treatment Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Upon consent, participants will complete a baseline survey, receive the home Carbon monoxide monitor and instructions on how to use, and be scheduled for weekly telephone calls with a certified tobacco treatment specialist (CTTS) for 6 weeks. The culturally-tailored tobacco intervention content by week via telephone call with the CTTS includes among others: Reasons and Motivations for Quitting, Benefits of Quitting, Stress Management and Discussion about Environmental Influences. Participants will complete the one-item Control Preference Scale and receive either an Active Content Newsletter or Passive Content Newsletter emailed after their weekly cessation counseling session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control Preference Scale

Behavioral: Culturally-tailored Tobacco Treatment

Behavioral: Active Content Newsletter or Passive Content Newsletter