Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation Enhanced With Text Messaging: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

271 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2021-11-15

Brief Summary

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Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation (PPT-S) addresses an array of risk factors for poor smoking outcomes (low positive affect, depressive symptoms, and cynical cognitions), while also providing skills that may buffer against stress and negative affect. The overall objective of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of PPT-S, enhanced with text messaging, compared to a time-matched behavioral smoking cessation treatment. Participants in both treatment conditions will receive nicotine replacement therapy and a validated text-messaging intervention for smoking cessation that monitors progress in quitting smoking and extends smoking counseling outside of the individual face-to-face context.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Positive Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation

Smoking cessation treatment that incorporates exercises and text messages derived from positive psychology interventions that are designed to boost positive moods, cognitions, and behaviors.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Positive Psychotherapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercises designed to boost moods, positive behaviors, and positive cognitions.

Standard smoking cessation counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Counseling designed to provide support and problem solving for smoking cessation

Standard smoking cessation treatment

Smoking cessation counseling that provides support and problem solving skills for avoiding smoking.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard smoking cessation counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Counseling designed to provide support and problem solving for smoking cessation

Interventions

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Positive Psychotherapy

Exercises designed to boost moods, positive behaviors, and positive cognitions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard smoking cessation counseling

Counseling designed to provide support and problem solving for smoking cessation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. be 18 years of age or older
2. smoke at least 5 cigarettes per day for longer than one year with no current regular use of other nicotine/tobacco products including e-cigarettes
3. have a baseline carbon monoxide level of at least 4 ppm
4. be willing to use the nicotine patch
5. report at least a 5 on a 0 to 10 scale rating the importance of quitting smoking (where 10 = extremely important);
6. have an active cell phone and be willing to send and receive text messages for the duration of the intervention.