Smoking Cessation Following Text Message Intervention in Pregnant Women

Abstract

Text messaging had minimal impact on improving smoking cessation rates in the obstetric population. However, further research is warranted because of the underpowered nature of this trial. Given the detrimental effects of smoking in pregnancy, more comprehensive cessation strategies are warranted.

Update on Cyber Health Psychology: Virtual Reality and Mobile Health Tools in Psychotherapy, Clinical Rehabilitation, and Addiction Treatment

“…The advent of mHealth tools, in direct correlation with the widespread diffusion of telecommunication tools, has certainly marked a great step forward regarding the possibility of expanding the range of useful tools in the medical and mental health fields. The whole literature agrees in affirming the effectiveness of mobility-based tools, whether it is intervention programs based on the transmission of SMS [ 13 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 27 ] or alternative uses of the smartphone, as in the case of remote telemonitoring [ 21 ]. The charm of these instruments is that we often come across contaminations, as in the case of mHealth systems that involve the use of smartphones but which are based on Virtual Reality equipment and HMDs [ 20 , 22 ].…”

“…Liao et al [ 25 ] conducted a text message-based smoking cessation intervention on the Chinese population, called Happy Quit , and found positive effects on a small number of subjects in the sample, suggesting greater efficacy on larger samples. This type of intervention was also studied with representative samples of minority populations, such as Somali nationals professing the Islamic religion by Pratt et al [ 26 ] and pregnant women by Forinash et al [ 27 ]; in the first case, positive prospects were recorded especially during the Ramadan period, while, in the second case, the impact of the intervention was minimal (also due to some problems that occurred during the recruitment phase and high drop-out rates).…”

“…The treatment of nicotine addiction, carried out and explored in smoking cessation support programs, is implemented in different ways. The use of mCessation techniques follows the basic use of sending text messages to subjects, thus depriving them of the active and interactive component of the use of a smartphone application [ 13 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 27 ]. Although the interventions that involve textual messages were found to be effective, significantly or moderately, we believe that greater involvement in the treatment is important for the patient.…”

Community Pharmacist-Led Interventions to Improve Preconception and Pregnancy Health: A Systematic Review

“…The literature search identified 1478 articles, and an additional two articles were identified through searching of reference lists. Following screening of titles and abstracts, ten articles were eligible for full text screening, of which four were included [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ] and six excluded [ 16 , 17 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Reasons for exclusion included incorrect intervention setting, inappropriate study design or a target population that did not include pregnant women or those planning pregnancy.…”

“…Reference lists of articles were also searched to identify any eligible studies. The corresponding authors of 2 studies were contacted to confirm the role of the pharmacist [ 16 , 17 ]. Any disagreements between reviewers were resolved through a consensus opinion among the authors (PS, OQ and AF).…”