Short Messaging Service Program to Help Quit Smoking During Perioperative Period.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-18

Study Completion Date

2021-06-11

Brief Summary

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Smoking can increase the risk of complications around the time of surgery. Researchers are trying to see if a text messaging program can help smokers stay off cigarettes around the time of surgery.

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Detailed Description

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The long-term goal of the project is to increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco use interventions in healthcare settings. The main objective of this project is to determine whether an innovative tobacco use intervention targeting abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery ("quit for a bit") can increase sustained engagement of surgical patients in treatment compared with a standard tobacco use intervention that specifically targets long-term abstinence ("quit for good").

Conditions

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Tobacco Use Cessation Perioperative/Postoperative Complications Tobacco Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two hypotheses will be tested using a randomized controlled trial of 200 cigarette smokers scheduled for elective surgery that are willing to maintain temporary abstinence from cigarettes. Using a validated decision aid, subjects stratify according to intended duration of abstinence and randomize within each stratum to receive either a "quit for a bit" or a "quit for good" intervention. Both stratums employ a Short Message Service (SMS or "text") to deliver extended follow-up and assess engagement, e.g. subject response to text requests (ex. # of cigarettes smoked). The "quit for a bit" intervention targets abstinence in the first 7 days after surgery, and has an option of receiving continued messages. Both interventions can continue messages beyond day 30. We will assess treatment engagement outcomes and the continuation rate. We will also obtain biochemically-confirmed abstinence data on the morning of surgery and 30 days post-surgery, as well as self-reported abstinence.

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

A randomization schedule for each strata will be generated by the biostatistician using variable length blocks of size 2 or 4 to ensure that the number of subjects assigned to each of the 2 intervention groups remains balanced within each strata. Using these randomization schedules, a computer application program will be used that allows the study personnel to enroll a patient into the trial and obtain the appropriate treatment assignment. The computer application will assign this patient the next sequential treatment assignment for the admission status, and update the randomization dataset accordingly.Once treatment assignment is determined, study personnel will deliver the assigned intervention. The patient will be blinded to treatment assignment to the extent of not knowing the goal of the intervention a priori.

Study Groups

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"Quit for a bit"

Brief behavioral intervention (\~5 min) that focus on quitting smoking from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery + "Quit for a bit" SMS program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief behavioral intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

"Quit for a bit"- \*advice to quit from the am. of surgery until one week post-surgery, a special emphasis on morning abstinence\* risks of smoking to perioperative outcomes, includes wound infections, breathing problems, and heart problems\*reduction of these risks if able to quit for a bit\*the fact that most smokers don't experience cravings or increased stress around the time of surgery. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a brief abstinence brochure. "Quit for good"- 3 out of the 5A's smoking cessation intervention, including Asking, Advising and Assistance will be provided. The advice endorses immediate, sustained quitting (quit for good), accent on the health and economic benefits of long-term abstinence. Assistance includes a method of setting the date of surgery as the quit date, enlisting social support, anticipation of withdrawal symptoms, and the need for complete abstinence. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a 5As brochure.

SMS Program

Intervention Type OTHER

"Quit for a bit"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on maintaining abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery. SMS content focus on the benefits of abstinence to surgical recovery rather than sustained benefits to overall health. Around day 7 postoperatively, messages will encourage subjects to consider extending their abstinence beyond 7 days."Quit for good"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on general advice for maintaining abstinence, focusing on the long-term health benefits rather immediate benefits to recovery from surgery. SMS content focus on the the surgical date as the quit date, general advice and support for quitting based on the standard Truth Initiative (UbiQUITxt) message library and there will be no references to effects of short-term abstinence on surgical outcomes.

"Quit for good"

Brief behavioral intervention (\~5 min) that focus on quitting smoking permanently for as long as possible +" Quit for good" SMS program.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Brief behavioral intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

"Quit for a bit"- \*advice to quit from the am. of surgery until one week post-surgery, a special emphasis on morning abstinence\* risks of smoking to perioperative outcomes, includes wound infections, breathing problems, and heart problems\*reduction of these risks if able to quit for a bit\*the fact that most smokers don't experience cravings or increased stress around the time of surgery. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a brief abstinence brochure. "Quit for good"- 3 out of the 5A's smoking cessation intervention, including Asking, Advising and Assistance will be provided. The advice endorses immediate, sustained quitting (quit for good), accent on the health and economic benefits of long-term abstinence. Assistance includes a method of setting the date of surgery as the quit date, enlisting social support, anticipation of withdrawal symptoms, and the need for complete abstinence. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a 5As brochure.

SMS Program

Intervention Type OTHER

"Quit for a bit"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on maintaining abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery. SMS content focus on the benefits of abstinence to surgical recovery rather than sustained benefits to overall health. Around day 7 postoperatively, messages will encourage subjects to consider extending their abstinence beyond 7 days."Quit for good"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on general advice for maintaining abstinence, focusing on the long-term health benefits rather immediate benefits to recovery from surgery. SMS content focus on the the surgical date as the quit date, general advice and support for quitting based on the standard Truth Initiative (UbiQUITxt) message library and there will be no references to effects of short-term abstinence on surgical outcomes.

Interventions

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Brief behavioral intervention

"Quit for a bit"- \*advice to quit from the am. of surgery until one week post-surgery, a special emphasis on morning abstinence\* risks of smoking to perioperative outcomes, includes wound infections, breathing problems, and heart problems\*reduction of these risks if able to quit for a bit\*the fact that most smokers don't experience cravings or increased stress around the time of surgery. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a brief abstinence brochure. "Quit for good"- 3 out of the 5A's smoking cessation intervention, including Asking, Advising and Assistance will be provided. The advice endorses immediate, sustained quitting (quit for good), accent on the health and economic benefits of long-term abstinence. Assistance includes a method of setting the date of surgery as the quit date, enlisting social support, anticipation of withdrawal symptoms, and the need for complete abstinence. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a 5As brochure.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

SMS Program

"Quit for a bit"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on maintaining abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery. SMS content focus on the benefits of abstinence to surgical recovery rather than sustained benefits to overall health. Around day 7 postoperatively, messages will encourage subjects to consider extending their abstinence beyond 7 days."Quit for good"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on general advice for maintaining abstinence, focusing on the long-term health benefits rather immediate benefits to recovery from surgery. SMS content focus on the the surgical date as the quit date, general advice and support for quitting based on the standard Truth Initiative (UbiQUITxt) message library and there will be no references to effects of short-term abstinence on surgical outcomes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 years or older
* Greater than 100 cigarettes lifetime consumption and history of smoking cigarettes every day or most days within the week prior to enrollment
* Willingness to either "quit for a bit" or "quit for good" in the perioperative period, and;
* Owning a device with access to SMS with an unlimited text plan