Free Nicotine Patches plus Proactive Telephone Peer Support to Help Low-Income Women Stop Smoking

Solomon, Laura J.; Scharoun, Gina M.; Flynn, Brian S.; Secker-Walker, Roger H.; Sepinwall, Deborah

doi:10.1006/pmed.2000.0683

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“…34 Mixed results have been found for proactive calls to augment personalized written feedback, with a 12-month effect found for calls when combined with stage-tailored materials and expert system personalized feedback in the second of 2 trials by Prochaska et al 35,36 and higher short-term abstinence reported in a trial by Curry et al 37 Mixed results have also been found for proactive calls to support nicotine replacement use. No effect was reported by earlier trials, 38 -40 although promising results have been found in a more recent trial by Solomon and colleagues 32 and in preliminary data from our trials. There is some evidence that the availability of proactive telecounseling may be viewed positively by physicians and health systems, who may be more likely to intervene with patients in the context of this referral source.…”

Section: Evidence Base: Proactive Telecounselingsupporting

confidence: 55%

“…28,29 There seems to be a dose response effect, with multiple calls producing higher abstinence relative to a single call. 22 Promising results have been found for a small number of studies using telephone counseling to extend effects of a school-based prevention program, 30 to promote requitting among smokers with recent unsuccessful quit attempts, 31 to support short-term abstinence among low-income women provided with free nicotine patches and proactive calls, 32 to promote short-term abstinence among smokeless tobacco users, 33 and as part of a tailored intervention for African American smokers. 34 Mixed results have been found for proactive calls to augment personalized written feedback, with a 12-month effect found for calls when combined with stage-tailored materials and expert system personalized feedback in the second of 2 trials by Prochaska et al 35,36 and higher short-term abstinence reported in a trial by Curry et al 37 Mixed results have also been found for proactive calls to support nicotine replacement use.…”

Section: Evidence Base: Proactive Telecounselingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quitlines in North America: Evidence Base and Applications

Ossip-Klein

McIntosh

2003

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

143

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Quitlines provide a model for the translation of research findings to public health application. Quitlines are currently in operation in more than half of US states, in Canada, and in multiple countries globally. Overall, when implemented correctly, quitlines have been shown to be efficacious and effective. Multiple quitline models are in use, but there is no evidence on the relative effectiveness of one over the other. Differences have been demonstrated for the efficacy of quitlines for specific applications, with the strongest evidence base for application as a primary intervention or as follow-up for hospitalized patients and particularly for cardiac patients. The evidence base for both reactive and proactive services is reviewed, and future directions to continue to advance the field are discussed. Q uitlines provide an exemplary model of how research findings can be translated into public health application. The field began with a handful of researchers in the early 1980s and experienced marked growth through the past 2 decades. Currently, in North America, quitlines are in operation in more than 30 US states, a number of major American health systems, and multiple Canadian provinces. Quitlines are also available in multiple countries globally, including Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and others.Overall, when implemented correctly, quitlines have been shown to be both efficacious and effective. The beneficial impact of quitlines has been supported by 3 meta-analyses 1-3 and by multiple individual studies.The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the goals, range of services, and models for quitlines; to summarize the evidence base for what works; to discuss a special and growing application of quitlines to adolescents; and to provide a look at directions for the field. Overview: Goals, Range of Services, Quitline ModelsGoals. Quitlines can have the greatest potential impact when used as part of a comprehensive tobacco control effort. Within this context, quitlines can have 2 primary goals to maximize their public health influence. First, quitlines can provide direct service to help smokers quit. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that only 2.5% of smokers quit permanently each year 4 ; similar figures have also been reported for the United Kingdom. 5 These rates suggest that there is considerable opportunity for quitlines to directly affect smoking cessation behavior; even a small percentage increase in quit rates has the potential to translate into meaningful public health change.A second primary goal of quitlines is to increase the number of smokers making a quit attempt each year, by awareness raising generated from promotional campaigns linked with quitlines. Even if success rates for quitting remain constant among those who try, increasing the number of smokers who make a quit attempt can yield a greater number of total quitters. About ...

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Section: Evidence Base: Proactive Telecounselingsupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Evidence Base: Proactive Telecounselingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quitlines in North America: Evidence Base and Applications

Ossip-Klein

McIntosh

2003

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

143

101

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“…These included low nicotine dependence, male gender, higher education, being married and not having any other smokers in the household. Several Western studies showed a positive linear correlation between adherence to NRT and cessation rates (Russell et al 1993;Sachs et al 1993;Killen et al 1999;Solomon et al 2000;Fornai et al 2001), but they did not present detailed data of adherence measurements or its predictors. Different definitions were used to describe adherence in different studies (Transdermal Nicotine Study Group 1991;Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1993;Fornai et al 2001).…”

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confidence: 94%

Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy versus quitting smoking among Chinese smokers: a preliminary investigation

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“…Based on finding from studies evaluating SH interventions plus NRT (Daughton et al, 1998;Joseph & Antonnucio, 1999;Solomon, Scharoun, Flynn, Secker-Walker, & Sepinwall, 2000;Stapleton et al, 1995), we expected that 12-, 24-, 36-, and 52-week abstinence rates in the SH condition would be about 20%, 14%, 12%, and 11%, respectively. Given the lack of previous research on computer-based interventions in a clinical setting, we estimated abstinence rates for the CBI intervention on results from another technology-based intervention, telephone counseling plus NRT (Lando et al, 1997;Reid, Pipe, & Dafoe, 1999;Solomon et al, 2000). Thus, we expected that the 12-, 24-, 36-, and 52-week abstinence rates in the CBI condition would be 38%, 25%, 23%, and 22%, respectively.…”

Section: Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%