Survey of Smokers Treated in the Emergency Department (ED) on Ownership and Usage of Cell Phones

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Other: Cell Phone Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01820533

0907005437-2

5R01CA141479-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study ownership and use of cell phones in low-income smokers. This may help us better understand the impact of cell phone ownership plans on low income smokers' access to quitlines. Use of quitlines may be impeded by limited access to landline phones and limited airtime minutes on cell phones.

Enrollment: 775 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or over
• speak and understand English
• willing and able to give informed consent
• have smoked more than 100 cigarettes lifetime
• are currently a daily or some day smoker

Exclusion criteria

• too ill or unable to consent
• not interested in participation
• actively psychotic or mentally ill and unable to give consent
• in police custody
• resides in an extended care facility.

Trial design

775 participants in 1 patient group

smokers

Treatment:

Other: Cell Phone Survey